Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915-1953
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20th century
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Author_Susan L. Glosser
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china
chinese culture
chinese history
civil rights
communist party
conjugal family
economic independence
egalitarian society
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family order
family reform
government control
human rights
individual rights
marriage choice
modern china
national salvation
nationalism
new culture movement
patriarchy
reform
republican era
social change
sovereignty
state building
surveillance
totalitarianism
urban radicals
Product details
- ISBN 9780520227293
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Feb 2003
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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At the dawn of the twentieth century, China's sovereignty was fragile at best. In the face of international pressure and domestic upheaval, young urban radicals - desperate for reforms that would save their nation - clamored for change, championing Western-inspired family reform and promoting free marriage choice and economic and emotional independence. But what came to be known as the New Culture Movement had the unwitting effect of fostering totalitarianism.In this wide-reaching, engrossing book, Susan Glosser examines how the link between family order and national salvation affected state-building and explores its lasting consequences. Glosser effectively argues that the replacement of the authoritarian, patriarchal, extended family structure with an egalitarian, conjugal family was a way for the nation to preserve crucial elements of its traditional culture. Her comprehensive research shows that in the end, family reform paved the way for the Chinese Communist Party to establish a deeply intrusive state that undermined the legitimacy of individual rights.
Susan L. Glosser is Associate Professor of History at Lewis & Clark College.
