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Women in the new Taiwan : gender roles and gender consciousness in a changing society / Catherine Farris, Anru Lee, Murray Rubinstein, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Taiwan in the modern world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Taiwan--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Feminism.
- Middle class women.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Sex role in the work environment.
- Sex role.
- Economic conditions.
- Taiwan.
- Social conditions.
- Women--Taiwan--Economic conditions.
- Sex role--Taiwan.
- Sex role in the work environment--Taiwan.
- Man-woman relationships--Taiwan.
- Middle class women--Taiwan--Attitudes.
- Taiwan--Social conditions.
- Taiwan--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Feminism--Taiwan.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2004]
- Contents:
- Part I Gender in Historical Perspective
- 1. What Can Feminist Theory Do for the Study of Chinese History? A Brief Review of Scholarship in the United States / Susan Mann 3
- 2. Sons and Mothers: Demographic Realities and the Chinese Culture of Hsiao / Ping-chen Hsiung 14
- 3. An Island of Beautiful Women: The Discourse on Gender in Ch'ing Travel Accounts of Taiwan / Emma Teng 41
- 4. From Shanghai to Taipei: Exile and Identity / Sue Gronewold 59
- 5. Imagining "New Women," Imagining Modernity: Gender Rhetoric in Colonial Taiwan / Hsin-yi Lu 76
- Part II Gender and Social Interaction in Contemporary Taiwan
- 6. Between Filial Daughter and Loyal Sister: Global Economy and Family Politics in Taiwan / Anru Lee 101
- 7. Internationalizing Women's Magazines in Taiwan / Fang-chih Irene Yang 120
- 8. Should Women Get Equal Pay for Equal Work? Taiwanese Men's Attitudes in 1963 and 1991 / Robert M. Marsh 149
- 9. Carousing and Masculinity: The Cultural Production of Gender in Taiwan / Avron Boretz 171
- 10. The Blue Whirlwind Strikes Below the Belt: Male Sexuality, Gender Politics, and the Viagra Craze in Taiwan / Paul E. Festa 199
- Part III Feminisms and Cultural Critique
- 11. Transcribing Feminism: Taiwanese Women's Experiences / Hwei-syin Lu 223
- 12. Lu Hsiu-lien and the Origins of Taiwanese Feminism, 1944-1977 / Murray A. Rubinstein 244
- 13. The Story of Power and Desire: A Brighter Summer Day / Yu-hsiu Liu 278
- 14. Between Bosses and Workers: The Dilemma of a Keen Observer and a Vocal Feminist / Ping-chun Hsiung 295
- 15. Feminist Art in Taiwan: Textures of Reality and Dreams / Richard C. Kagan 310
- 16. Women's Liberation Under "East Asian Modernity" in China and Taiwan: Historical, Cultural, and Comparative Perspectives / Catherine S.P. Farris 325.
- Notes:
- "An east gate book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0765608146
- OCLC:
- 51553391
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