Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xii
6. Chinese Women and Cultural Production in a Japanese Colonial Context 3
7. Foundations of Colonial Rule in Manchukuo and the “Woman Question” 20
8. Manchukuo’s Chinese-Language Literary World 41
9. Forging Careers in Manchukuo 61
10. Disrupting the Patriarchal Foundations of Manchukuo 85
11. Contesting Colonial Society 106
12. The Collapse of Empire and Careers 126
13. Resisting Manchukuo 138
14. Notes 144
15. Bibliography 170
16. Index 185