Intolerable cruelty : marriage, law, and society in early twentieth-century China / / Margaret Kuo

• Autore: Kuo Margaret <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.81095109/04$223
• Soggetto topico: Marriage law - China - History - 20th century; Marriage - China - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: China Social life and customs 1912-1949
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Intolerable 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Intolerable cruelty
• ISBN: 1-283-94329-8; 1-4422-1842-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810426403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II