The Gender Legacy of the Mao Era: Women's Life Stories in Contemporary China
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Selected Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms -- Abbreviations -- Selected Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms -- Introduction -- Context: Funü and Nüxing before the Mao Era -- Funü and the Women's Liberation Movement in the Mao Era -- Funü and the Gender Project of the Mao Era -- Feminist Evaluation of the Maoist Women's Liberation Movement -- Nüxing and Post-Mao Gender Discourses -- China's Neoliberal Transition and the Diversification of Gender Discourse -- Feminist Studies of Women's Lives in the Mao Era -- Feminist Theorizing on Gender and Chinese Context -- Gender (as) Project and Subversion Strategy -- Gender and Narrative -- Telling and Retelling: Narrating beyond the Ending -- Hybrid Language, Code Switching, and Alternative Storytelling -- Research Process and Data -- Voice, Representation, and Interpretation -- Chapter 1 Born into the Mao Era: Lin's Life Story -- Context: The Class System in the Mao Era -- Lin's Life Story -- Outline -- Between Jiatingfunü Nainai and Maoist Funü Mother -- Class Identification -- Gender Identification -- From Funü to Nüxing: Negotiation and Revision -- The Storytelling -- Suku as a Master Script -- Women and Suku -- The Narrative Structure of Suku -- The Operation of Suku in Lin's Life Story -- Telling and Retelling -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The Shaming of Funü: Dong's Life Story -- Context: The Rural-Urban Divide in China -- Dong's Life Story -- Outline -- "Women's Day" and the Funü Subject -- Experiencing Shame: the Story of PLA Sneakers -- Gender, Shame, and Clothing -- Shifting Relations: Gender, Clothes, and Shame -- Free from Shame? -- Free from Shame: Feng's Story -- Free from Shame Revisited -- The Storytelling: Fangyan and a Story of Desire -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 I Am a Rock: Shitou's Life Story