{"product_id":"the-birth-of-chinese-feminism-essential-texts-in-transnational-theory-weatherhead-books-on-asia-9780231146685","title":"The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory (Weatherhead Books on Asia)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory (Weatherhead Books on Asia)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Liu, Lydia. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780231146685.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe-Yin Zhen (ca. 1884-1920?) was a theorist who figured centrally in the birth of Chinese feminism. Unlike her contemporaries, she was concerned less with Chinas fate as a nation and more with the relationship among patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism, and gender subjugation as global historical problems. This volume, the first translation and study of He-Yins work in English, critically reconstructs early twentieth-century Chinese feminist thought in a transnational context by juxtaposing He-Yin Zhens writing against works by two better-known male interlocutors of her time.\n\nThe editors begin with a detailed analysis of He-Yin Zhens life and thought. They then present annotated translations of six of her major essays, as well as two foundational tracts by her male contemporaries, Jin Tianhe (1874-1947) and Liang Qichao (1873–1929), to which He-Yins work responds and with which it engages. Jin, a poet and educator, and Liang, a philosopher and journalist, understood feminism as a paternalistic cause that liberals like themselves should defend. He-Yin presents an alternative conception that draws upon anarchism and other radical trends. Ahead of her time, He-Yin Zhen complicates conventional accounts of feminism and Chinas history, offering original perspectives on sex, gender, labor, and power that remain relevant today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983973511221,"sku":"ByrdShop_023116291X","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_023116291X_ee859b49-b61d-47ba-9581-d8ca66467a45.jpg?v=1792322434","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-birth-of-chinese-feminism-essential-texts-in-transnational-theory-weatherhead-books-on-asia-9780231146685","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}