Gender and Power in Rural North China

"An important contribution to our understanding of post-1978 rural China, with major implications for both women and men."

Auteur

Ellen R. Judd is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba.

Texte du rabat

This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender.

Contenu
A note on measures and family terms; 1. Introduction: on virtue; 2. Dividing the land; 3. Village enterprise(s); 4. Socialist commodity production; 5. 'Households': between state and family; 6. Women and agency; 7. Gender and power in rural north China; Notes; Works cited; Index.