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Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies: Beyond Han Patriarchy

Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies: Beyond Han Patriarchy

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AnthropologyChinese HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0739145800
ISBN13: 9780739145807
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Dec 22 2011
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Recent attention to historical, geographic, and class differences in the studies of women and gender in China has expanded our understanding of the diversity and complexity of gendered China. Nevertheless, the ethnic dimension of this subject matter remains largely overlooked, particularly concerning women's conditions and gender status. Consequently, the patriarchy and its oppression of women among the Han, the ethnic majority in China, are often inaccurately or erroneously associated with the whole gendered heritage of China, epitomized by the infamous traditions of footbinding and female-infanticide. Such academic and popular predisposition belies the fact that gender systems in China span a wide spectrum, ranging from extreme Han patriarchy to Lahu gender-egalitarianism.

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