LEADER 03763nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910957198103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780252092985 010 $a0252092988 035 $a(CKB)2670000000369097 035 $a(EBL)3414267 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001075822 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11719896 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001075822 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11251611 035 $a(PQKB)10694508 035 $a(OCoLC)846496131 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25217 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414267 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10717526 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL494885 035 $a(OCoLC)923497618 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414267 035 $a(Perlego)2382306 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000369097 100 $a20010208d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChoosing revolution $eChinese women soldiers on the Long March /$fHelen Praeger Young 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (303 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780252074561 311 08$a0252074564 311 08$a9780252026720 311 08$a0252026721 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267) and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix -- Pronunciation Guide xiii -- Chronology xv -- Introduction 3 -- 1. Newborn on the March 19 -- 2. Revolutionary, Mother 60 -- 3. Little Devil 82 -- 4. From Soldier to Doctor 119 -- 5. Why We Joined 131 -- 6. Women at Work 146 -- 7. First Front Women 162 -- 8. Left Behind 216 -- Conclusion 241 -- Notes 247 -- Bibliography 263 -- Index 269. 330 8 $aSome two thousand women participated in the Long March, but their experience of this seminal event in the history of Communist China is rarely represented. In Choosing Revolution, Helen Praeger Young presents her interviews with twenty-two veterans of the Red Army's legendary 6, 000-mile "retreat to victory" before the advancing Nationalist Army.Enormously rich in detail, Young's Choosing Revolution reveals the complex interplay between women's experiences and the official, almost mythic version of the Long March. In addition to their riveting stories of the march itself, Young's subjects reveal much about what it meant in China to grow up female and, in many cases, poor during the first decades of the twentieth century. In speaking about the work they did and how they adapted to the demands of being a soldier, these women--both educated individuals who were well-known leaders and illiterate peasants--reveal the Long March as only one of many segments of the revolutionary paths they chose.Against a background of diverse perspectives on the Long March, Young presents the experiences of four women in detail: one who brought her infant daughter with her on the Long March, one who gave birth during the march, one who was a child participant, and one who attended medical school during the march. Young also includes the stories of three women who did not finish the Long March. Her unique record of ordinary women in revolutionary circumstances reveals the tenacity and resilience that led these individuals far beyond the limits of most Chinese women's lives. 606 $aWomen soldiers$zChina 607 $aChina$xHistory$yLong March, 1934-1935 615 0$aWomen soldiers 676 $a951.04/2 700 $aYoung$b Helen Praeger$f1932-$01811788 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957198103321 996 $aChoosing revolution$94363867 997 $aUNINA