Women, Family and the Chinese Socialist State, 1950-2010

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Women, Family and the Chinese Socialist State, 1950-2010 is written by Xiaofei Kang and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004415939 (ISBN 10) and 9789004415935 (ISBN 13).

This volume includes 14 articles translated from the leading academic history journal in China, Historical Studies of Contemporary China (Dangdai Zhongguo shi yanjiu). It offers a rare window for the English speaking world to learn how scholars in China have understood and interpreted central issues pertaining to women and family from the founding of the PRC to the reform era. Chapters cover a wide range of topics, from women’s liberation, women’s movement and women’s education, to the impact of marriage laws and marriage reform, and changing practices of conjugal love, sexuality, family life and family planning. The volume invites further comparative inquiries into the gendered nature of the socialist state and the meanings of socialist feminism in the global context.