| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, plan. |
| Series |
Asia/Pacific/perspectives
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Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Notes on transliteration -- Introduction: geographies of emancipation -- British colonialism and regulating women in Hong Kong -- Emancipating women from social customs (Fengsu) in 1920s Guangzhou -- Nüling and Nü Zhaodai in 1920s and 1930s Guangzhou and Hong Kong -- The Fenghua protection movement in Guangzhou, 1929-1935 -- Social control through charity : the role of the Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk in the 1930s -- Testimonies from the Po Leung Kuk -- Women service workers and labor activism -- Conclusion: lower-class women, "emancipation," and urban citizenship -- Glossary -- Works cited -- Index -- About the author. |
| Summary |
Emancipation, a defining feature of twentieth-century Chinese society, is explored in detail in this compelling study. Angelina Chin expands and reinterprets the meaning of women's emancipation by examining what this rhetoric meant to lower-class women. Challenging the nation-based framework of history by focusing on two cities, Chin compares colonial Hong Kong with Guangzhou, which allows her to seamlessly integrate colonial studies and China studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century.
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Women employees -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Women employees -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century.
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Women's rights -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Women's rights -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century.
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Feminism -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Feminism -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781442215597 1442215593 (DLC) 2012003031 |
| ISBN |
1442215615 (electronic bk.) |
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9781442215610 (electronic bk.) |
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9781442215597 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1442215593 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786613636768 |
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