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Reconceiving Women's Equality in China

A Critical Examination of Models of Sex Equality [Paperback]

by Lijun Yuan

    • Author

      Lijun Yuan

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Lexington Books

    • Published

      August 2005

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      According to the author, the subordination of Chinese women continued under different models of sex equality in China in twentieth century. In Reconceiving Women's Equality in China Lijun Yuan discusses and assesses four models of womenOs equality: first, the traditional Confucian view of women which advocates that womenOs role is to follow and support men; second, the liberal feminist idea of formal equality for women introduced into China at the beginning of the twentieth century, which is anti-Confucian and advocates womenOs equal rights in education, law, and employment; third, MaoOs view of womenOs equality in production, calling for substantive equality between men and women; finally, the idea of equal opportunity in the economic transformation in the post-Mao period, the revival of Confucianism in this period and its convergence with the declining status of women. According to Yuan, each of these models has a variety of problems in dealing with womenOs equality. However, she sees one common thread running through all of them, namely, lack of emphasis on empowering women to develop their own visions of equality.Ideologies imposed from the top-down have rationalized the continuing subordination and exploitation of women, either blatantly (Confucianism) or more subtly (Maoism). After exposing the common feature in their failure to reach the social ideal of womenOs equality, the author proposes a more democratic conception of womenOs equality that will allow ideals to continue changing as material circumstances change in different stages of social development. This book is a seminal work of research on the status of women in China during and after Mao's cultural revolution. It is essential to studies of Chinese society, politics, and religion, as well as to women's studies and philosophy.

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      • Author

        Lijun Yuan

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Lexington Books

      • Published

        August 2005

      • Weight

        241g

      • Page Count

        146

      • Dimensions

        151 x 228 x 13 mm

      • ISBN

        9780739112281

      • ISBN-10

        0739112287

      • Eden Code

        4025444

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      • Author/Creator: Lijun Yuan

      • ISBN: 9780739112281

      • Publisher: Lexington Books

      • Release Date: August 2005

      • Weight: 241g

      • Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 13 mm

      • Eden Code: 4025444


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