What did 1949 mean to Chinese women?
Feminist Theory and Imperialism: A Class (and Chinese) Perspective [Part I]
Editor's note:
For over a century, the dimensions of class, gender, and race have shaped societal critique worldwide. The landscape of critical issues has evolved in recent decades. With the end of the Cold War, class dimensions receded from public while discourse on race became increasingly entwined with national security matters. While questions of gender have proliferated as one of today's most actively debated topics. However, mainstream conversations often center on commercialized, middle-class perspectives rather than interrogating what it means to be female as half of humanity. A more open yet rigorous outlook is needed - discussions of gender may serve as a starting point for deeper reflection on global challenges.
In China, scholars, particularly women, have long debated how to understand Western feminism in relation to the Communist Party-led women's liberation movement. Professor Xueping Zhong has participated in these discussions for decades. In this article, the Tufts Unive…
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