Chinese Women and Rural Development: Sixty Years of Change in Lu Village, Yunnan - Rilegato

Bossen, Laurel

 
9780742511071: Chinese Women and Rural Development: Sixty Years of Change in Lu Village, Yunnan

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Rich in its historical perspective on women and men in the context of economic development, this ethnography provides a unique window on rural China since the 1930s. Laurel Bossen uses her detailed knowledge to explore theories regarding such momentous changes as the demise of footbinding, the transformation and feminization of farming, the rise of family planning, and the question of missing daughters. Based on research conducted during the 1990s in Lu Village and informed by Fei Xiaotong's classic 1930s study of the same village, the book goes beyond the enduring myths of women as either victims or heroes. Throughout, Lu Village women defy stereotypes, their stories expressing the range of economic, social, and political practices that are both upholding and altering the boundaries of gender in the face of shifting state and market forces.

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Laurel Bossen is associate professor of anthropology at McGill University.

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9780742511088: Chinese Women and Rural Development: Sixty Years of Change in Lu Village, Yunnan

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ISBN 10:  0742511081 ISBN 13:  9780742511088
Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2002
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