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Exploring one of the most dynamic and contested regions of the world, this series includes works on political, economic, cultural, and social changes in modern and contemporary Asia and the Pacific.
List of contents
partOne Love, Marriage, and the Family; Chapter 1 The Way of Confucius and Modern Life, Dixiu Chen; Chapter 2 My Views On Chastity, Lu Xun; Chapter 3 Is This Also a Human Being?, Ye Shengtao; Chapter 4 Emancipating Women by Reorganizing the Family, Zhang Weici; Chapter 5 How Can We Honor Women?, B. E. Lee; Chapter 6 A Refutation of Yang Xiaochun's "Against Public Childcare", Yun Daiying; Chapter 7 Freedom of Marriage and Democracy, Lu Qiuxin; Chapter 8 Public Childcare and Public Dining Halls, Tang Jicang; Chapter 9 Love and Socializing Between Men and Women, Yang Zhihua; Chapter 10 The Debate over "Love and Open Socializing Between Men and Women", Yang Zhihua; Chapter 11 My View on the Issue of Divorce, Yang Zhihua; Chapter 12 The New Year's Sacrifice, Lu Xun; Chapter 13 My Marriage, Ye Shengtao; partTwo The New Women Martyrs; Chapter 14 The Question of Miss Zhao's Personality, Mao Zedong; Chapter 15 Concerning the Incident of Miss Zhao's Suicide, Mao Zedong; Chapter 16 Commentary on Miss Zhao's Suicide, Tao Yi; Chapter 17 "The Evils of Society" and Miss Zhao, Mao Zedong; Chapter 18 The Biography of Li Chao, Hu Shi; Chapter 19 Words Spoken at Miss Li Chao's Memorial Service, Cai Yuanpei; Chapter 20 The Incident of Miss Xi Shangzhen's Suicide at the Office of the Commercial Press, Chen Wangdao; Chapter 21 In Memory of Miss Liu Hezhen, Lu Xun; partThree Women's Education; Chapter 22 My Plan for Women's Emancipation and My Plan for Self-Improvement, Deng Chunlan; Chapter 23 A Plan for Women's Development; Chapter 24 Report on Yanjing University's Ceremony to Celebrate the Beginning of Coeducation, Bing Xin; Chapter 25 The Condition of Female Education in Jinan, Deng Enming; Chapter 26 Thoughts on Women, Wang Jingwei; Chapter 27 A Few Words of Encouragement, Shao Lizi; partFour Women's Emancipation; Chapter 28 The Question of Women's Character, Ye Shengtao; Chapter 29 The Woman Question in China: Emancipation from a Trap, Wang Huiwu; Chapter 30 The Emancipation of Chinese Women, T.C. Chu; Chapter 31 The Great Inappropriateness of Women's Emancipation, Zhang Shenfu; Chapter 32 The Women's Improvement Society's Hopes for Women, Lu Yin; Chapter 33 Women of the "Advanced Country", Zhou Zuoren; Chapter 34 Women's Careers, Yang Zhihua; Chapter 35 What Happens after Nora Leaves Home?, Lu Xun; partFive Women and Social Activism; Chapter 36 The Postwar Woman Question, Li Dazhao; Chapter 37 The Place of Chinese Christian Women in the Development of China, Ida Kahn; Chapter 38 Vanguard Women, Zhang Ruoming; Chapter 39 Women's Right to Vote, Ming Hui; Chapter 40 How Do We Make the Women's Movement Truly Powerful?, Shen Yanbing; Chapter 41 I Think, Chen Wangdao; Chapter 42 The Woman Question and Socialism, Chen Duxiu; Chapter 43 The Center of the Women's Rights Movement Should Move to the Fourth Class, Wang Jianhong;
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Hua R. Lan, Vanessa L. Fong
Summary
This collection of essays reflect a time of political and social ferment in early 20th century China, when women were subject to the vicissitudes of war, modernization, and rapid social change. The authors discuss a range of theoretical and practical issues revolving around "the woman question".
