Footbinding, feminism and freedom : the liberation of women's bodies in modern China

XIV, 342 S. : Ill.

Cass series: Sport in the global society. - London : Cass, ISSN 1368-9789. - Vol. 1

Inhalt: List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Translation -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Prologue: Modern China: Women, Emancipation and Exercise -- 1. Culture, Challenge and Change in Late Feudal China: A Clash of Ideals and the Consequences -- 2. Missionaries and Reformers: The Reconceptualisation of Femininity in Modern China -- 3. Strong Bodies for Strong Action: The Chinese Women's Enlightenment Movement -- 4. A New Woman for A New Age: The May Fourth Era -- 5. Iron Women of the Jiangxi Soviet -- 6. Freedom Without Feminism: Yan'an Women -- 7. One Step Backward and One Step Forward: Emancipation and Exercise in the Nationalist Area -- 8. Towards Equality in Full Measure: Seeking Competitive Success -- Epilogue: From Cripples to Champions -- App. I. Chen Jiefen, "On Women's Participation in Physical Education and Exercise", 1903 -- App. II. Mao Zedong, "On Physical Education and Exercise", 1917 -- App. III. Chiang Kai-shek, "An Open Telegram to the Nation: the Promotion of Sport and Exercise," 1935 -- App. IV. "The Law of Sport for Citizens" issued by the Nationalist Government in 1929 -- App. V. "The Revised Law of Sport for Citizens" issued by the Nationalist Government in 1941 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.