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Women, the family, and peasant revolution in China

Title
  1. Women, the family, and peasant revolution in China / Kay Ann Johnson.
Published by
  1. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1983.
Author
  1. Johnson, Kay Ann.

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Description
  1. ix, 282 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Historical account of the family and social role of women (incl. Rural women) in China - analyses the traditional family and social change initiated in 1921 by the revolution; comments on the economic policy of family reform under communist rule, particularly the impact of land reform on womens rights and the 1950 legislation on family law; discusses the mobilisation of female labour supply during the collectivism phase and evolution of the family between 1955 and 1980. References.
Subject
  1. Čubrilović Familie : 19. Jh.-
  2. Börngen, ..
  3. Women peasants > China > History
  4. Confucianism > China > History
  5. Families > China > History
  6. Socialism > China > History
  7. Women > China > History
  8. 71.11 society (sociology)
  9. 71.31 sexes and their interrelations
  10. 15.00 history: general
  11. Confucianism
  12. Families
  13. Rural conditions
  14. Socialism
  15. Women peasants
  16. Landbevölkerung
  17. Ländlicher Raum
  18. Frau
  19. Vrouwen
  20. Sociale situatie
  21. history
  22. family
  23. social role
  24. women
  25. rural women
  26. tradition
  27. social change
  28. revolution
  29. economic policy
  30. communist
  31. land reform
  32. womens rights
  33. legislation
  34. family law
  35. labour supply
  36. collectivism
  37. Political movements > China
  38. Status of women > China
  39. Rural conditions > China
  40. Women and socialism > China
  41. Geschichte (1950-1980)
  42. Geschichte (1921-1980)
  43. histoire
  44. famille
  45. rôle social
  46. femmes
  47. femmes rurales
  48. changement social
  49. révolution
  50. politique économique
  51. communiste
  52. réforme foncière
  53. droits de la femme
  54. législation
  55. droit de la famille
  56. offre de main-d'oeuvre
  57. collectivisme
  58. historia
  59. familia
  60. papel social
  61. mujeres
  62. mujeres rurales
  63. tradición
  64. cambio social
  65. revolución
  66. política económica
  67. comunista
  68. reforma de la tenencia de la tierra
  69. derechos de la mujer
  70. legislación
  71. derecho de familia
  72. oferta de mano de obra
  73. colectivismo
  74. China > Rural conditions
  75. China
  76. China
  77. Chine
Genre/Form
  1. History
  2. reference.
  3. référence bibliographique.
  4. referencia.
Contents
  1. 1. The prerevolutionary setting -- Women and the traditional Chinese family -- The twentieth-century family crisis -- 2. Women and the family in the Chinese revolution, 1921-49 -- Women and the party: the early years, 1921-27 -- The Kiangsi Soviet period, 1929-34 -- The Yenan experience and the final civil war, 1936-49 -- Legacies of the revolutionary era -- 3. Family reform in the People's Republic, 1950-53 -- The politics of family reform -- Land reform and women's rights -- The 1950 marriage law: popular resistance and organizational neglect -- The 1953 marriage law campaign -- 4. Women, the family and the Chinese road to socialism, 1955-80 -- Collectivization and the mobilization of female labor -- The Cultural Revolution -- The anti-Confucian campaign -- Current rural practice -- Conclusion: Family reform--the uncompleted task -- Appendix: The 1950 marriage law.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.