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Keeping the Nation's House
Domestic Management and the Making of Modern China
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Helen M. Schneider
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English
Published/Copyright:
2011
About this book
Explores the vision and aspirations of elite Chinese women – home economists – who believed that the birth of modern China should begin in the home.
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Ruth Hayhoe, editor of Education, Culture and Identity in 20th Century China:
Schneider’s book makes an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the Nationalist period, particularly the educational reform and social development of the era. She has mined a huge amount of material rarely used before, such as popular women’s magazines and journals; unearthed archival documents in Nanjing, Beijing, Chongqing, and elsewhere; and put it all to excellent use. She skillfully pursues the stories of some of these women into the post-1949 period, showing how they contributed to the "new China."
Schneider’s book makes an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the Nationalist period, particularly the educational reform and social development of the era. She has mined a huge amount of material rarely used before, such as popular women’s magazines and journals; unearthed archival documents in Nanjing, Beijing, Chongqing, and elsewhere; and put it all to excellent use. She skillfully pursues the stories of some of these women into the post-1949 period, showing how they contributed to the "new China."
Rana Mitter, author of A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World:
Schneider’s book is a rigorous and compelling new interpretation of the Nationalist era in Chinese history. Although studies of the era have traditionally centred on militarism and high politics, Schneider shows how the construction of home life was crucial to the formation of a new sense of national identity. Her analysis of home economics is highly suggestive, showing how new discourses of social science and modernity intersected with the most intimate and private spaces in Chinese family life.
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eBook published on:
March 1, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9780774819992
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
336
Other:
16 photos, 1 map
eBook ISBN:
9780774819992
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
