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Chinese visions of family and state, 1915-1953 / / Susan L. Glosser ; foreword by Linda Kerber



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Autore: Glosser Susan L. <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Chinese visions of family and state, 1915-1953 / / Susan L. Glosser ; foreword by Linda Kerber Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
Disciplina: 951.04
Soggetto topico: Families - China - History
Family policy - China
Domestic relations - China
Soggetto geografico: China History Republic, 1912-1949
China History 1949-1976
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction: Evolve or Perish -- chapter 1. Saving Self and Nation: The New Culture Movement's Family-Reform Discourse -- Chapter 2. Making the National Family: The Statist Xiao Jiating -- Chapter 3. Marketing the Family: You Huaigao and the Entrepreneurial Xiao Jiating -- Chapter 4. Love for Revolution: Xiao Jiating in the People's Republic -- Conclusion: The Malleability of the Xiao Jiating Ideal -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: At the dawn of the twentieth century, China's sovereignty was fragile at best. In the face of international pressure and domestic upheaval, young urban radicals-desperate for reforms that would save their nation-clamored for change, championing Western-inspired family reform and promoting free marriage choice and economic and emotional independence. But what came to be known as the New Culture Movement had the unwitting effect of fostering totalitarianism. In this wide-reaching, engrossing book, Susan Glosser examines how the link between family order and national salvation affected state-building and explores its lasting consequences. Glosser effectively argues that the replacement of the authoritarian, patriarchal, extended family structure with an egalitarian, conjugal family was a way for the nation to preserve crucial elements of its traditional culture. Her comprehensive research shows that in the end, family reform paved the way for the Chinese Communist Party to establish a deeply intrusive state that undermined the legitimacy of individual rights.
Titolo autorizzato: Chinese visions of family and state, 1915-1953  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-75889-6
9786612758898
0-520-92639-0
1-59734-535-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822185003321
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Serie: Asia--local studies/global themes ; ; 5.