01951nam 22004453a 450 991097678600332120250123130413.097805209708689780520971868052097186810.1525/luminos.59(CKB)37386140100041(ScCtBLL)7234ab6b-98df-472e-9f85-56ec2d49dafe(Perlego)2329551(EXLCZ)993738614010004120250123i20182020 uu engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIntimate CommunitiesNicole Elizabeth BarnesOakland :University of California Press,2018.1 online resource (1 p.)9780520300460 0520300467 When China's War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout the country. In the end, China not only survived the war but also emerged from the trauma with a curious strength. Intimate Communities argues that women who worked as military and civilian nurses, doctors, and midwives during this turbulent period built the national community, one relationship at a time. In a country with a majority illiterate, agricultural population that could not relate to urban elites' conceptualization of nationalism, these women used their work of healing to create emotional bonds with soldiers and civilians from across the country that transcended the divides of social class, region, gender, and language.HistorybisacshHistory / AsiabisacshHistoryHistoryHistory / AsiaHistory.Barnes Nicole Elizabeth1786843ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910976786003321Intimate Communities4319174UNINA