03761oam 22008774a 450 99631264050331620240424225754.00-520-97186-810.1525/luminos.59(CKB)4100000007221424(OAPEN)1002462(DE-B1597)539706(OCoLC)1043055888(DE-B1597)9780520971868(MdBmJHUP)muse72987(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35006(EXLCZ)99410000000722142420180614d2018 uy 0engurmu#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIntimate CommunitiesWartime Healthcare and the Birth of Modern China, 1937-1945 /Nicole Elizabeth BarnesOaklandUniversity of California Press2018Oakland, California :University of California Press,[2018]©[2018]1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) illustrations; PDF, digital file(s)Print version: 9780520300460 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue in triptych -- Introduction -- Policing the public in the new capital -- Appearing in public : the relationships at the heart of the nation -- Healing to kill the true internal enemy -- Authority in the halls of science : women of the wards -- Mothers for the nation -- Conclusion."When China's War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout China. In the end, China not only survived the war but 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"--Provided by publisher.Public healthPolitical aspectsChinaSino-Japanese War, 1937-1945Women and warChinaHistory20th centuryPublic healthChinaHistory20th centuryElectronic books. agricultural population.china.civilian nurses.cohesive population.conceptualization of nationalism.doctors.emotional bonds.gender.health crisis.japan.july 1937.language.majority illiterate.midwives.national community.region.relationships.resistance.social class.soldiers.trauma.turbulent period.urban elites.war of resistance.war.women in the military.work of healing.Public healthPolitical aspectsSino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.Women and warHistoryPublic healthHistory362.10951Barnes Nicole Elizabeth1975-1022798MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996312640503316Intimate Communities2429678UNISA