| ID | 101270 |
| Title Proper | Creating a socialist feminist cultural front |
| Other Title Information | women of China (1949-1966) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Zheng, Wang |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article is a study of socialist feminist cultural practices in the early PRC. It investigates stories behind the scenes and treats the All-China Women's Federation's official journal Women of China as a site of feminist contention to reveal gender conflicts within the Party, diverse visions of socialist transformation, and state feminist strategies in the pursuit of women's liberation. A close examination of discrepancies between the covers and contents of the magazine explicates multiple meanings in establishing a socialist feminist visual culture that attempted to disrupt gender and class hierarchies. Special attention to state feminists' identification with and divergence from the Party's agenda illuminates a unique historical process in which a gendered democracy was enacted in the creation of a feminist cultural front when the Party was consolidating its centralizing power. The article demonstrates a prominent "gender line" in the socialist state that has been neglected in much of the scholarship on the Mao era. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Quarterly No. 204; Dec 2010: p827-849 |
| Journal Source | China Quarterly No. 204; Dec 2010: p827-849 |
| Key Words | Socialist ; Feminist ; Culture ; Women ; China ; Mao Era ; Socialist China ; Democracy |