Finding Women in the State: A Socialist Feminist Revolution in the People’s Republic of China, 1949-1964

369 Pages·2016·4.82 MB·English

by  Zheng Wang

Finding Women in the State
a socialist feminist revolution
in the people’s republic
of china, 1949–1964
Wang Zheng
university of california press
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The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support
of the Philip E. Lilienthal Asian Studies Endowment Fund
of the University of California Press Foundation, which was
established by a major gift from Sally Lilienthal.
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Finding Women in the State
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Finding Women in the State
a socialist feminist revolution
in the people’s republic
of china, 1949–1964
Wang Zheng
university of california press
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© 2017 by Wang Zheng
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wang, Zheng, 1952– author.
Title: Finding women in the state : a socialist feminist revolution in the
People’s Republic of China, 1949–1964 / Wang Zheng.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifi ers: lccn 2016015706 (print) | lccn 2016017275 (ebook) |
isbn 9780520292284 (cloth : alk. paper) | isbn 9780520292291
(pbk. : alk. paper) | isbn 9780520965867 (ebook)
Subjects: lcsh: Women—China—Social conditions. | Feminism—Political
aspects—China—History—1949–1976. | Motion pictures—Social
aspects—China—History—1949–1976. | Socialism and motion pictures—
China—History—1949–1976.
Classifi cation: lcc hq1767 .w3895 2017 (print) | lcc hq1767 (ebook) |
ddc 305.40951—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016015706
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To the memory of my parents, Li Guanghui and
Wang Yusheng
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contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
part one
the women’s federation and the ccp
1 • Feminist Contentions in Socialist State Formation:
A Case Study of the Shanghai Women’s Federation 29
2 • Th e Political Perils in 1957: Struggles over
“Women’s Liberation” 54
3 • Creating a Feminist Cultural Front:
Women of China 78
4 • When a Maoist “Class” Intersected Gender 112
part two
from feminist revolution of culture
to the cultural revolution
5 • Chen Bo’er and the Feminist Paradigm of Socialist Film 143
6 • Fashioning Socialist Visual Culture: Xia Yan and
the New Culture Heritage 170
7 • Th e Cultural Origins of the Cultural Revolution 199
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