LEADER 02721nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910810426403321 005 20240313120054.0 010 $a1-283-94329-8 010 $a1-4422-1842-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000329169 035 $a(EBL)1108262 035 $a(OCoLC)823896913 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000819953 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12407303 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819953 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10857061 035 $a(PQKB)10898020 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1108262 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1108262 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10643360 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL425579 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000329169 100 $a20120716d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntolerable cruelty $emarriage, law, and society in early twentieth-century China /$fMargaret Kuo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-1841-X 311 $a1-4422-1840-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aIntolerable 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 606 $aMarriage law$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMarriage$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aChina$xSocial life and customs$y1912-1949 615 0$aMarriage law$xHistory 615 0$aMarriage$xHistory 676 $a306.81095109/04$223 700 $aKuo$b Margaret$f1971-$01645021 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810426403321 996 $aIntolerable cruelty$93991206 997 $aUNINA