Marriage, Law and Gender in Revolutionary China

ISBN-13: 9781316602614 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 345 str.

Xiaoping Cong

Opis

Explores the social and cultural significance of Chinese communist legal practice in constructing marriage and gender relations in the turbulent period from 1940 to 1960.

Recenzje

'This book is a very interesting work that gives an original contribution to the historical knowledge of a period and a theme, that of Chinese marriages, previously known only through stereotypes and dated works.' Marco Lazzarotti, INTAMS

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Locality, Marriage Practice and Women: 1. The case of Feng v. Zhang: marriage reform in a revolutionary region; 2. The appeal: women, love, marriage, and the revolutionary state; Part II. Legal Practice and New Principle: 3. The new adjudication: the judicial construction in marriage reform; 4. A new principle in the making: from 'freedom' to 'self-determination' of marriage through legal practice; Part III. Politics and Gender in Construction: 5. Newspaper reports: casting a new democracy in village communities; 6. The Qin opera and the ballad: from rebellious daughters to social mothers; 7. The Ping opera and movie: nationalizing the new marriage practice and politicizing the state-family, 1949–1960; Epilogue: 'Liu Qiao'er', law, and zi-zhu: beyond 1960; Bibliography; Index.