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Contemporary Chinese Studies: Not Just a Man's War : Chinese Women's Memories of the War of Resistance Against Japan, 1931-45 by Yihong Pan (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN-100774870354
ISBN-139780774870351
eBay Product ID (ePID)4070483543
Product Key Features
Number of Pages282 Pages
Publication NameNot Just a Man's War : Chinese Women's Memories of the War of Resistance Against Japan, 1931-45
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMilitary / World War II, Women's Studies, Asia / China
Publication Year2024
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorYihong Pan
SeriesContemporary Chinese Studies
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight18.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews Not Just a Man's War is a vivid and comprehensive picture of the lives of many different Chinese women as they lived through a long and brutal period of warfare. It fills a yawning gap in the global study of women in war. Pan knows her subject inside out., Not Just a Man's War is a significant revisionist corrective to histories of war that center on men. Yihong Pan masterfully details and analyzes 'ordinary' Chinese women's memories of the War of Resistance from an exceptional array of routinely muted voices.
Dewey Decimal951.042
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 Representations of Wartime Women in the People's Republic of China 2 Self-Writing by the Women Soldiers of the Communist New Fourth Army 3 My Journey of the Revolution: Oral Narratives of Five Communist Women 4 Those Turbulent Years: Memories of Women Associated with the Nationalist Party 5 Surviving under the Enemy: Oral Narratives of Middle-Class Women in Japanese-Occupied China 6 I Want to Speak Up before I Die: The Testimonies of China's "Comfort Women" and the Oral Narratives of Working-Class Women Epilogue Appendix: Interviews; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
SynopsisIn 1931, Japan began a brutal occupation of Manchuria, and in 1937, China and Japan entered a full-scale war that ended with Japan's defeat in 1945. The War of Resistance became the Chinese experience of the Second World War. Yet women scarcely get a mention in most accounts of the fourteen-year conflict. Through interviews, published reminiscences, and oral histories, Not Just a Man's War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the war. Communist women speak of fighting as soldiers for "a good war" and contributing to the party's rise to power. Nationalist women attribute their survival to the strength of the human spirit while acknowledging tremendous suffering. Women from the working poor and the middle classes describe the hardships of Japanese aggression and in their narratives refuse to be ignored as passive beings. In speaking up, the victims of sexual violence become survivor activists demanding justice. These women demonstrate a striking autonomy regardless of political association, socioeconomic status, or education. By attending to their insights, Not Just a Man's War produces a multi-faceted, inclusive narrative of China's War of Resistance., In 1931, Japan began a brutal occupation of Manchuria, and in 1937, China and Japan entered a full-scale war that ended with Japan's defeat in 1945. The War of Resistance became the Chinese experience of the Second World War. Yet women scarcely get a mention in most accounts of the fourteen-year conflict. Through interviews, published reminiscences, and oral histories, Not Just a Man's War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the war. Communist women speak of fighting as soldiers for "a good war" and contributing to the party's rise to power. Nationalist women attribute their survival to the strength of the human spirit while acknowledging tremendous suffering. Women from the working poor and the middle classes describe the hardships of Japanese aggression, and victims of sexual violence speak up. Although the women rarely speak of feminism, they demonstrate a striking autonomy regardless of political association, socioeconomic status, or education. By attending to their insights, Not Just a Man's War produces a multifaceted, inclusive narrative of China's War of Resistance., In 1931, Japan began a brutal occupation of Manchuria, and in 1937, China and Japan entered a full-scale war that ended with Japan's defeat in 1945. The War of Resistance became the Chinese experience of the Second World War. Yet women scarcely get a mention in most accounts of the fourteen-year conflict. Through interviews, published reminiscences, and oral histories, Not Just a Man's War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the war. Communist women speak of fighting as soldiers for "a good war" and contributing to the party's rise to power. Nationalist women attribute their survival to the strength of the human spirit while acknowledging tremendous suffering. Women from the working poor and the middle classes describe the hardships of Japanese aggression and in their narratives refuse to be ignored as passive beings. In speaking up, the victims of sexual violence become survivor activists demanding justice. These women demonstrate a striking autonomy regardless of political association, socioeconomic status, or education. By attending to their insights, Not Just a Man's War produces a multifaceted, inclusive narrative of China's War of Resistance., Not Just a Man's War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the horrific fourteen-year War of Resistance against Japan, from 1931 to 1945.
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