04342nam 2200793Ia 450 991045407950332120200520144314.01-282-06998-597866120699870-226-40194-410.7208/9780226401942(CKB)1000000000724546(dli)HEB04240(SSID)ssj0000273545(PQKBManifestationID)12105448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273545(PQKBWorkID)10313565(PQKB)10074157(SSID)ssj0000367680(PQKBManifestationID)11285120(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000367680(PQKBWorkID)10343391(PQKB)10531197(MiAaPQ)EBC432248(DE-B1597)535836(OCoLC)824153230(DE-B1597)9780226401942(Au-PeEL)EBL432248(CaPaEBR)ebr10286160(CaONFJC)MIL206998(OCoLC)320958807(EXLCZ)99100000000072454619821220d1983 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrWomen, the family, and peasant revolution in China[electronic resource] /Kay Ann JohnsonPbk. ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press19831 online resource (ix, 282 p. )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-226-40189-8 0-226-40187-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Women and the Traditional Chinese Family -- 2. The Twentieth-Century Family Crisis -- 3. Women and the Party: The Early Years, 1921-27 -- 4. The Kiangsi Soviet Period, 1929-34 -- 5. The Yenan Experience and the Final Civil War, 1936-49 -- 6. Legacies of the Revolutionary Era -- 7. The Politics of Family Reform -- 8. Land Reform and Women's Rights -- 9. The 1950 Marriage Law: Popular Resistance and Organizational Neglect -- 10. The 1953 Marriage Law Campaign -- 11. Collectivization and the Mobilization of Female Labor -- 12. The Cultural Revolution -- 13. The Anti-Confucian Campaign -- 14. Current Rural Practice -- 15. Conclusion: Family Reform-the Uncompleted Task -- Appendix: The 1950 Marriage Law -- Notes -- IndexKay Ann Johnson provides much-needed information about women and gender equality under Communist leadership. She contends that, although the Chinese Communist Party has always ostensibly favored women's rights and family reform, it has rarely pushed for such reforms. In reality, its policies often have reinforced the traditional role of women to further the Party's predominant economic and military aims. Johnson's primary focus is on reforms of marriage and family because traditional marriage, family, and kinship practices have had the greatest influence in defining and shaping women's place in Chinese society. Conversant with current theory in political science, anthropology, and Marxist and feminist analysis, Johnson writes with clarity and discernment free of dogma. Her discussions of family reform ultimately provide insights into the Chinese government's concern with decreasing the national birth rate, which has become a top priority. Johnson's predictions of a coming crisis in population control are borne out by the recent increase in female infanticide and the government abortion campaign.ACLS Humanities E-Book.ConfucianismChinaHistoryFamiliesChinaHistorySocialismChinaHistoryWomen peasantsChinaHistoryChinaRural conditionsElectronic books.ConfucianismHistory.FamiliesHistory.SocialismHistory.Women peasantsHistory.305.4/0951Johnson Kay Ann637255American Council of Learned Societies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454079503321Women, the family and peasant revolution in China1173998UNINA