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Informationen zum Autor By Margaret Kuo Klappentext Intolerable Cruelty thoughtfully explores key issues in modern Chinese history, including state-society relations, social transformation, and gender relations in the context of the Republican Chinese experiment with liberal modernity. Investigating both the codification process and the subsequent implementation of the Republican Civil Code of 1929-1930, Margaret Kuo reconsiders the dominant narratives of the 1930s and 1940s as "dark years" for Chinese women. Instead, she convincingly recasts the history of these years from the perspective of women who actively and successfully engaged the law to improve their lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Law and the StateChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: GMD Legal Exceptionalism: Conceptual Underpinnings of the Republican Civil Code Chapter 3: The Rise of Public Opinion: The Case of GMD Surname Legislation Chapter 4: The Process of Civil Adjudication: Marital Justice and the Republican Civil Court SystemPart II: Law and SocietyChapter 5: Spousal Abuse: Divorce Litigation and the Emergence of Rights Consciousness Chapter 6: Running Away: Cohabitation Litigation and the Reconfiguration of Husband Patriarchy Chapter 7: Bourgeois Affairs: Separation and Support Litigation and Injury to Reputation Chapter 8: Natural Eunuchs: Husband Impotence Annulment Litigation and Legal Opportunism Chapter 9: Conclusion
List of contents
Part I: Law and the State
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: GMD Legal Exceptionalism: Conceptual Underpinnings of the Republican Civil Code
Chapter 3: The Rise of Public Opinion: The Case of GMD Surname Legislation
Chapter 4: The Process of Civil Adjudication: Marital Justice and the Republican Civil Court System
Part II: Law and Society
Chapter 5: Spousal Abuse: Divorce Litigation and the Emergence of Rights Consciousness
Chapter 6: Running Away: Cohabitation Litigation and the Reconfiguration of Husband Patriarchy
Chapter 7: Bourgeois Affairs: Separation and Support Litigation and Injury to Reputation
Chapter 8: Natural Eunuchs: Husband Impotence Annulment Litigation and Legal Opportunism
Chapter 9: Conclusion
