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Women and Their Warlords
Domesticating Militarism in Modern China
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Kate Merkel-Hess
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Englisch
Veröffentlicht/Copyright:
2024
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Explores the complex history and legacy of elite wives, concubines, and daughters of warlords in twentieth-century China.
In Women and Their Warlords, historian Kate Merkel-Hess examines the lives and personalities of the female relatives of the military rulers who governed regions of China from 1916 to 1949. Posing for candid photographs and sitting for interviews, these women did not merely advance male rulers’ agendas. They advocated for social and political changes, gave voice to feminist ideas, and shaped how the public perceived them. As the first publicly political partners in modern China, the wives and concubines of Republican-era warlords changed how people viewed elite women’s engagement in politics. Drawing on popular media sources, including magazine profiles and gossip column items, Merkel-Hess draws unexpected connections between militarism, domestic life, and state power in this insightful new account of gender and authority in twentieth-century China.
In Women and Their Warlords, historian Kate Merkel-Hess examines the lives and personalities of the female relatives of the military rulers who governed regions of China from 1916 to 1949. Posing for candid photographs and sitting for interviews, these women did not merely advance male rulers’ agendas. They advocated for social and political changes, gave voice to feminist ideas, and shaped how the public perceived them. As the first publicly political partners in modern China, the wives and concubines of Republican-era warlords changed how people viewed elite women’s engagement in politics. Drawing on popular media sources, including magazine profiles and gossip column items, Merkel-Hess draws unexpected connections between militarism, domestic life, and state power in this insightful new account of gender and authority in twentieth-century China.
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Kate Merkel-Hess is associate professor of history at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of The Rural Modern: Reconstructing the Self and State in Republican China, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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“Analyzing the thick layers of power, militarism, and emotion, Merkel-Hess has provided us with fresh and important insights into China’s warlord era, ‘warlord culture,’ and its impact on China’s modernization. Impressive and timely, this book demonstrates with force and eloquence how gender was integral to these dramatic national changes.”
— Louise Edwards, emeritus, University of New South Wales“Not only does this book make important interjections into the field of gender history, but Merkel-Hess also asks us to rethink how we currently frame the political history of twentieth-century China. By including the voices of women as political actors, she reinstates agency to women in the making of state- and nation-building projects in ways never done before.”
— Kelly Hammond, University of Arkansas"Innovative. . . In absorbing biographical chapters, Merkel-Hess. . . analyzes the lives of several fascinating women associated with well-known militarists, gleaning evidence of their lives from a wide array of sources. She convincingly argues that warlord women espoused and embodied a range of views about women’s place in the sociopolitical order."
— Choice"Merkel-Hess provides us with a valuable picture of elite women’s military and philanthropic activity outside the urban centers we are familiar with. . . . by skillfully drawing our attention to the interweaving of the domestic and political in the lives and careers of the warlords and their female relatives, the book makes a valuable contribution to the fields of warlord studies and Chinese women’s history."
— The China Quarterly"Remarkable. . . . It is hard to find anything critical to say about this book. . . . the resulting richness and diversity of Merkel-Hess’s accounts and the themes she has pursued show the value of her multi-character approach over individual biographies."
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eBook veröffentlicht am:
5. September 2024
eBook ISBN:
9780226834313
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Schlagwörter für dieses Buch
women; China; warlords; militarism; nationalism; revolution; modernization; modernity; feminism; women's liberation
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
