At Home in the World : : Women and Charity in Late Qing and Early Republican China / / Xia Shi.
During the years spanning the late Qing dynasty and the early Republican era, the status of Chinese women changed in both subtle and decisive ways. As domestic seclusion ceased to be a sign of virtue, new opportunities emerged for a variety of women. Much scholarly attention has been given to the ri...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I. ELITE WOMEN AND CHARITY
- 1. Beyond a Personal Virtue
- 2. Being Female Philanthropists
- PART II. THE YWCA IN CHINA AND "WOMEN IN THE HOME"
- 3. Reaching Out to Women in the Home
- 4. Women Interacting with the YWCA
- PART III. WOMEN IN THE SCHOOL OF THE WAY
- 5. Redefining Confucian Gender Doctrines
- 6. Women, Superstition, and the Reorientation Toward Charity
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Glossary
- Works Cited
- Index