Portraits of Chinese Women in Revolution
November 1993
Trade Paperback · 208 Pages
$14.95 U.S. · $18.00 CAN
ISBN 9780912670447
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Trade Paperback · 208 Pages
$14.95 U.S. · $18.00 CAN
ISBN 9780912670447
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Recommended for These Courses
- Area Studies: Asian Studies
- Asian Studies: China
- Asian Studies: General
- History: 20th Century
- History: Modern History
- Sociology: Gender Studies
- Sociology: General
- Women's and Gender Studies: Biography and Autobiography
- Women's and Gender Studies: General
- Women's and Gender Studies: Women's Studies
Description
Agnes Smedley worked in and wrote about China from 1928 to 1941. Her biographers have collected 18 of her stories and reportage on Chinese women, all out of print and most unavailable even in public libraries. The stories, based on interviews with revolutionary women, include descriptions of the massacre of feminists in the Canton commune, of the silkworkers of Canton whose solidarity earns them the charge of lesbianism, and of Mother Tsai, a 60-year-old peasant who leads village women in smashing an opium den. This book is a moving document of a people in the throes of revolution, with rare photographs taken by Smedley of the people she spoke with.