Beyond the May Fourth paradigm; in search of Chinese modernity.9780739111222 Beyond the May Fourth paradigm; in search of Chinese modernity. Ed. by Kai-wing Chow et al. Lexington Books 2008 341 pages $80.00 Hardcover DS775 It has long been held that 1919's May Fourth Movement marked a decisive moment in the development of Chinese modernity, but a growing body of recent historical research has "decentered" May Fourth, necessitating a review of the shaping of Chinese modernity as a "product of dialogues and debates between, and the interplay in·ter·play n. Reciprocal action and reaction; interaction. intr.v. in·ter·played, in·ter·play·ing, in·ter·plays To act or react on each other; interact. of, a variety of actors and trends, both within and (certainly no less importantly) without the May Fourth camp," to quote editors Chow (U. of Illinois), Hon Hon abbr (= honourable, honorary) → en títulos (State U. of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of at Geneseo), Ip (Oregon State U.), and Price (U. of California at Davis), who present 11 essays in pursuit of that goal. Topics addressed include literary debates in Republican China, 1919-1949; the theory and practice of women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and in late-Qing Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. , 1843-1911; generational and cultural fissures concerning the politics of family reform in the May Fourth Movement; science and the search for national origins in the May Fourth era; and Buddhism, literature, and Chinese modernity. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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