LEADER 03839nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910822396103321 005 20240417033127.0 010 $a1-4384-2914-2 010 $a1-4416-2978-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781438429144 035 $a(CKB)2560000000007462 035 $a(OCoLC)520925275 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574184 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000340011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10387999 035 $a(PQKB)11002783 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407322 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10574184 035 $a(DE-B1597)684225 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438429144 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000007462 100 $a20090218h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe making of a family saga $eGinling College /$fJin Feng 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAlbany :$cSUNY Press,$d2009. 210 4$aŠ2009 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 314 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-4384-2913-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe House of a Hundred Rooms (1915?23) -- $tBuilding These Hallowed Halls (1923?27) -- $tThe Return of the Native Daughter (1927?37) -- $tDispersion and Reunion (1937?45) -- $tThings Came Undone (1945?52) -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix A -- $tAppendix B -- $tAppendix C -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe institutional history of Ginling College is arguably a family history. Ginling, a Christian, women's college in Nanjing founded by Western missionaries, saw itself as a family. The school's leaders built on the Confucian ideal to envision a feminized, Christian family?one that would spread Christianity and uplift the family that was the Chinese nation. Exploring the various incarnations of the trope of the "Ginling family," Jin Feng takes a microscopic view by emphasizing personal, subjective perspectives from the written and oral records of the Chinese and American women who created and sustained the school. Even when using more seemingly ordinary official documents, Feng seeks to shed light on the motives and dynamic interactions that created them and the impact they had on individual lives. Using this perspective, Feng questions the standard characterization of missionary higher education as simply Western cultural imperialism to show a process of influence and cultural exchange. 606 $aChristian universities and colleges$zChina$vCase studies 606 $aCommunity life$zChina$zNanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFamilies$zChina$zNanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMissions$zChina$vCase studies 606 $aWomen intellectuals$zChina$zNanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)$vBiography 606 $aWomen$zChina$zNanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aWomen's colleges$zChina$vCase studies 607 $aNanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aChristian universities and colleges 615 0$aCommunity life$xHistory 615 0$aFamilies$xHistory 615 0$aMissions 615 0$aWomen intellectuals 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions 615 0$aWomen's colleges 676 $a378.51/136 700 $aFeng$b Jin$f1971-$0300263 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822396103321 996 $aThe making of a family saga$94061219 997 $aUNINA