Shows that the feminist interventions of the Mao era (1949–1976) continue to influence contemporary Chinese women. This book traces how the legacy of the Maois

This new social history of Maoist China provides an accessible view of the complex and tumultuous period when China came under Communist rule.

This book traces how the legacy of the Maoist gender project is experienced or contested by particular Chinese women, remembered or forgotten in their lives, an

This book explores the extent to which women have been initiators, mobilizers, and driving forces of social transformation in China. The book considers how conc

Challenges the accepted wisdom about women and gender roles in medieval China. In Crossing the Gate, Man Xu examines the lives of women in the Chinese province