Table of contents for Holding up half the sky : Chinese women past, present, and future / edited by Tao Jie, Zheng Bijun, and Shirley L. Mow ; foreword by Gail Hershatter.


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Foreword								00
Gail Hershatter
Preface									00
Shirley L. Mow
Introduction								00
Tao Jie
<b>I. Women in Early Chinese History and Culture</b>
New Meanings in a Classic: Differing Interpretations of Ban Zhao and Her Admonitions
for Women in the Late Qing Dynasty					00
Xia Xiaohong
Characteristics of WomenÆs Lives During the Song Dynasty 	00
Zheng Bijun
Chinese WomenÆs Status as Seen Through Peking Opera		00
Huang Yufu
The WomenÆs Script: An Invention of Chinese Women		00
Zhao Liming
<b>II. Women and Changing China</b>
The Awakening of Chinese Women and the WomenÆs Movement in the Early Twentieth 
Century								00
Lu Meiyi
The Chinese WomenÆs Movement Before and After the Long March	00
Lily Xiao Hong Lee 
The History and Current Status of Chinese WomenÆs Participation in Politics	00
Wang Qingshu
<b>III. Women and Education</b>
The Readjustment of ChinaÆs Higher Education Structure and WomenÆs Higher
Education								00
Ma Wanhua
Gender Inequality in Education in Rural China			00
Danke Li
The Center for Gender Studies at Dalian University: A New Plan for the Mutual
Development of WomenÆs/Gender Studies and Higher Education	00
Li Xiaojiang
<b>IV. Marriage and Family</b>
The Marriage Law and the Rights of Chinese Women in Marriage and the Family 00
Chen Mingxia
The Status of Chinese Women in Marriage and the Family		00
Xiong Yu
Domestic Violence in China						00
Wang Xingjuan
The Lives and Needs of Elderly Women in Urban China		00
Liu Ying
<b>V. Women and Work</b>
Employment and Chinese Urban Women under Two Systems	00
Jiang Yongping
Rural Women and Their Road to Public Participation		00
Jin Yihong
WomenÆs Development in ChinaÆs Poor and Backward Western Areas: A Case Study 00
Han Jialing
Leaving Home and Coming Back: Experiences of Rural Migrant Women	 00
Tan Shen
<b>VI. Women and the Future</b>
Half the Sky: A Television Program for Women			00
Shou Yuanjun
Chinese Women and the Mass Media: Status Quo, Interventions, and Challenges 00
Bu Wei
Class and Gender in Contemporary Chinese WomenÆs Literature	00
Dai Jinhua
Select Bibliography							00
Notes on Contributors							00




Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Women China History, Feminism China History, Women Legal status, laws, etc, China History, Women Employment China History