{"product_id":"echoes-of-chongqing-women-in-wartime-china-9780252034893","title":"Echoes of Chongqing  Women in Wartime China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe voices of ordinary women in China's War of Resistance against Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHong Kong Book Prize (for Chinese translation), 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Prefaced with thoughtful analysis and commentary by the author, transcripts of interviews with twenty subjects feature a range of voices that together weave a multilayered and gendered narrative of China's wartime history, while offering refreshing insights into the nature of suffering, survival, and resistance during times of war and national crisis.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating glimpse into a long-neglected aspect of Chinese history and the history of World War II.\"--\u003ci\u003eAsian Affairs: An American Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The contributions of \u003ci\u003eEchoes of Chongqing\u003c\/i\u003e are so substantial that it is sure to be a foundational text for future studies of gender and the war, state and society in wartime China, and the history of Chongqing.\"--\u003ci\u003eNan Nü\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The stories of how women struggled and suffered in order to survive and support their families in Chongqing during China's War of Resistance against Japan rewrites historical understanding of the roles played by ordinary people in wartime and highlights the voices of women which, until now, have been largely neglected in scholarship on the war.\"--\u003ci\u003eH-HistGeog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Danke Li's remarkable collection ... is a timely and welcome contribution to the fast-growing field of the study of wartime China.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe China Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent source through which to understand how warfare affected the lives of ordinary people in East Asia in the 1930s and 1940s.  Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This insightful study reveals the complex nature of the changes brought by war not only on gender relations, but also on Chinese society, culture, politics, and economics. A major contribution to the study of Chinese history.\"--Christina Kelley Gilmartin, author of \u003ci\u003eEngendering the Chinese Revolution: Radical Women, Communist Politics, and Mass Movements in the 1920s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments; Introduction: History, Women, and China's War of Resistance against Japan; Part I: The War and Gender's Social Roles; Prologue; Students; A Xiajiang Woman; A Doctor's Wife; A Girl of the ZZEB; A Teacher of the ZZEB; A Woman from a Rich and Powerful Family; Women from Poor Peasant Families; Part II: The War and Gender's Economic Impact; Prologue; Daughters; A Tailor's Wife; An Abandoned Housewife; A Minsheng Employee; A Yuhua Textile Factory Worker; A Woman of the Songji Experimental Zone; Part III: The War and Gender's Political Impact; Prologue; A Communist Woman Working for the XYCZFZW; A Student Revolutionary; A Jiuguohui Woman; An Underground CCP Member; Part IV: Women, Memory, and China's War of Resistance against Japan; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036817981783,"sku":"9780252034893","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252034893.jpg?v=1750932647","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/echoes-of-chongqing-women-in-wartime-china-9780252034893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}