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Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China
Louise Edwards
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Description for Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China
hardcover. Explores China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies, shedding new light on the relationship between gender and militarisation. Num Pages: 275 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBW; JFSJ1; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 570.
In this compelling new study, Louise Edwards explores the lives of some of China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies through history. Focusing on key figures including Hua Mulan, Zheng Pingru and Liu Hulan, this book examines the ways in which these extraordinary women have been commemorated through a range of cultural mediums including film, theatre, museums and textbooks. Whether perceived as heroes or anti-heroes, Edwards shows that both the popular and official presentation of these women and their accomplishments has evolved in line with China's shifting political values and circumstances over the past one hundred years. Written in a lively and ... Read more
In this compelling new study, Louise Edwards explores the lives of some of China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies through history. Focusing on key figures including Hua Mulan, Zheng Pingru and Liu Hulan, this book examines the ways in which these extraordinary women have been commemorated through a range of cultural mediums including film, theatre, museums and textbooks. Whether perceived as heroes or anti-heroes, Edwards shows that both the popular and official presentation of these women and their accomplishments has evolved in line with China's shifting political values and circumstances over the past one hundred years. Written in a lively and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107146037
SKU
V9781107146037
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-16
About Louise Edwards
Louise Edwards is Professor of Chinese History and Asian Studies Convener at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. She publishes on women and gender in China and Asia. Her most recent sole-authored book is Gender, Politics and Democracy: Women's Suffrage in China (2008). She is also currently President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia.
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