1st Edition
Gender and Education in China Gender Discourses and Women's Schooling in the Early Twentieth Century
By Paul J. Bailey
Copyright 2007
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Gender and Education in China analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century. Educational change was an integral aspect of the early twentieth century state-building and modernizing reforms implemented by the Qing dynasty as a means of strengthening the foundations of dynastic rule and reinvigorating... Read more
Introduction 1. From 'Consumer' to 'Producer': The Beginnings of Public Education for Girls 2. The New Schools 1902-1911: Expectations and Misgivings 3. New Images and Representations of Women in the Republican Transition 4. 'Unharnessed Fillies': The Modernising Conservative Discourse Agenda on Women's Education in the Early Republic 5. The 'Women Question' and Education in the May Fourth Period. Conclusion
Biography
Paul Bailey is Reader in East Asian History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
"It is a rich read that offers scholars who are interested in Chinese women during the early twentieth century a wealth of potential avenues for research." - Joan Judge, Journal of Asian Studies
