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Chinese Women Through Chinese Eyes

Last Updated on 2020/10/31

The special focus of this book is the lives and experiences of women in China in the first half of the 20th century.

Part One – Historical Interpretations – presents essays by Western-educated Chinese women and men, on the historical role of women in a time of great social and economic upheaval. Part Two – Self-Portraits of Women in Modern China – presents the views of women who experienced life in this period through essays and autobiographies that range from women as concubines to women as factory workers, from women suffering footbinding to women serving as nurses, from women in traditional role in a traditional family to women as scientists and teachers.

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