02757nam 2200589Ia 450 991046310270332120200520144314.01-283-94329-81-4422-1842-8(CKB)2670000000329169(EBL)1108262(OCoLC)823896913(SSID)ssj0000819953(PQKBManifestationID)12407303(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819953(PQKBWorkID)10857061(PQKB)10898020(MiAaPQ)EBC1108262(Au-PeEL)EBL1108262(CaPaEBR)ebr10643360(CaONFJC)MIL425579(EXLCZ)99267000000032916920120716d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIntolerable cruelty[electronic resource] marriage, law, and society in early twentieth-century China /Margaret KuoLanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20121 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-1841-X 1-4422-1840-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; I: Law and the State; 1 Introduction; 2 Republican Legal Exceptionalism; 3 The Rise of Public Opinion; 4 The Process of Civil Adjudication; II: Law and Society; 5 Spousal Abuse; 6 Running Away; 7 Bourgeois Affairs; 8 Natural Eunuchs; 9 Conclusion; References; Glossary; Index; About the AuthorIntolerable 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 Marriage lawChinaHistory20th centuryMarriageChinaHistory20th centuryChinaSocial life and customs1912-1949Electronic books.Marriage lawHistoryMarriageHistory306.81095109/04$223Kuo Margaret1971-983100MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463102703321Intolerable cruelty2243853UNINA