Böcker av Tyrene White

This collection of essays on women in China captures a pivotal moment in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue, examining gender issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Topics covered include learned women in the 18th century, sexuality, women's consciousness, and literature.

In the late 1970s, just as China was embarking on a sweeping program of post-Mao reforms, it also launched a one-child campaign. This campaign, which cut against the grain of rural reforms and childbearing preferences, was the culmination of a...