04868nam 22010934a 450 991078037580332120211028002034.01-282-75889-697866127588980-520-92639-01-59734-535-010.1525/9780520926394(CKB)111087027177560(EBL)223559(OCoLC)475928384(SSID)ssj0000083946(PQKBManifestationID)11125723(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083946(PQKBWorkID)10162966(PQKB)11776173(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055958(MiAaPQ)EBC223559(OCoLC)85828925(MdBmJHUP)muse30457(DE-B1597)521015(DE-B1597)9780520926394(Au-PeEL)EBL223559(CaPaEBR)ebr10048944(CaONFJC)MIL275889(dli)HEB04248(MiU)MIU01000000000000005400157(EXLCZ)9911108702717756020010302d2003 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrChinese visions of family and state, 1915-1953[electronic resource] /Susan L. Glosser ; foreword by Linda KerberBerkeley University of California Press20031 online resource (298 p.)Asia--local studies/global themes ;5Asia-Local studies/global themes ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22729-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index.Front matter --Contents --Tables and Figures --Foreword --Acknowledgments --Chronology --Introduction: Evolve or Perish --chapter 1. Saving Self and Nation: The New Culture Movement's Family-Reform Discourse --Chapter 2. Making the National Family: The Statist Xiao Jiating --Chapter 3. Marketing the Family: You Huaigao and the Entrepreneurial Xiao Jiating --Chapter 4. Love for Revolution: Xiao Jiating in the People's Republic --Conclusion: The Malleability of the Xiao Jiating Ideal --Notes --Bibliography --Glossary --IndexAt the dawn of the twentieth century, China's sovereignty was fragile at best. In the face of international pressure and domestic upheaval, young urban radicals-desperate for reforms that would save their nation-clamored for change, championing Western-inspired family reform and promoting free marriage choice and economic and emotional independence. But what came to be known as the New Culture Movement had the unwitting effect of fostering totalitarianism. In this wide-reaching, engrossing book, Susan Glosser examines how the link between family order and national salvation affected state-building and explores its lasting consequences. Glosser effectively argues that the replacement of the authoritarian, patriarchal, extended family structure with an egalitarian, conjugal family was a way for the nation to preserve crucial elements of its traditional culture. Her comprehensive research shows that in the end, family reform paved the way for the Chinese Communist Party to establish a deeply intrusive state that undermined the legitimacy of individual rights.Asia--local studies/global themes ;5.FamiliesChinaHistoryFamily policyChinaDomestic relationsChinaChinaHistoryRepublic, 1912-1949ChinaHistory1949-197620th century.china.chinese culture.chinese history.civil rights.communist party.conjugal family.economic independence.egalitarian society.family order.family reform.government control.human rights.individual rights.marriage choice.modern china.national salvation.nationalism.new culture movement.patriarchy.reform.republican era.social change.sovereignty.state building.surveillance.totalitarianism.urban radicals.FamiliesHistory.Family policyDomestic relations951.04Glosser Susan L.1961-1009988MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780375803321Chinese visions of family and state, 1915-19532334353UNINA