{"product_id":"the-birth-of-chinese-feminism-9780231162913","title":"The Birth of Chinese Feminism","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe-Yin Zhen (ca. 1884-1920?) was a theorist who figured centrally in the birth of Chinese feminism. Unlike her contemporaries, she was concerned less with China's fate as a nation and more with the relationship among patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism, and gender subjugation as global historical problems. This volume, the first translation and study of He-Yin's work in English, critically reconstructs early twentieth-century Chinese feminist thought in a transnational context by juxtaposing He-Yin Zhen's writing against works by two better-known male interlocutors of her time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe editors begin with a detailed analysis of He-Yin Zhen's life and thought. They then present annotated translations of six of her major essays, as well as two foundational tracts by her male contemporaries, Jin Tianhe (1874-1947) and Liang Qichao (1873–1929), to which He-Yin's work responds and with which it engages. Jin, a poet and educator, and Liang, a philosopher and journalist, understood feminism as a paternalistic cause that liberals like themselves should defend. He-Yin presents an alternative conception that draws upon anarchism and other radical trends. Ahead of her time, He-Yin Zhen complicates conventional accounts of feminism and China's history, offering original perspectives on sex, gender, labor, and power that remain relevant today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lydia H. Liu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42980431233142,"sku":"9780231162913","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_cf498831-30f2-491b-9819-8ad98a08c021.jpg?v=1769124051","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-birth-of-chinese-feminism-9780231162913","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}