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This book analyzes major Chinese governmental publications that deal with sexuality in 1950, when the new Marriage Law was enacted, and 1980, with the Second Marriage Law. Evans (Chinese, Univ. of Westminster) is well grounded in both feminist and Chinese studies, which allows her to deepen her analysis with references to China's present-day pop culture and conversations she has had with Chinese colleagues. Her major finding is that Chinese discourses consistently use medical and/or scientific explanations of gender differences to, essentially, denigrate women. Evans's analysis is consistent with much that has been written on China's political system?that it cannot survive without maintaining order and stability. However, she assumes that the audience is fluent in postmodernist language.>

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Author:   Harriet Evans
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780826409225

ISBN 10:   0826409229
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   31 December 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Harriet Evans is Senior Lecturer in Chinese at the School of Languages, University of Westminster, England.

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