Birth of Chinese Feminism

Lydia H. Liu is Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and codirector of the Center for Translingual and Transcultural Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is the author of The Clash of Empires: The Invention of China in Modern World Making and, more recently, The Freudian Robot: Digital Media and the Future of the Unconscious. Rebecca E. Karl is associate professor of history at New York University. She is the author of Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World: A Concise History and Staging the World: Chinese Nationalism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Dorothy Ko, a native of Hong Kong, is professor of history at Barnard College. She is a coeditor of Women and Confucian Cultures in Pre-modern China, Korea, and Japan and the author of Teachers of the Inner Chambers: Women and Culture in Seventeenth-Century China and Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding.

• Acknowledgments List of Chinese Dynasties and Note on Translation Introduction: Toward a Transnational Feminist Theory The Historical Context: Chinese Feminist Worlds at the Turn of the Twentieth Century He-Yin Zhen Biography He-Yin Zhen, "On the Question of Women's Liberation" He-Yin Zhen, "On the Question of Women's Labor" He-Yin Zhen, "Economic Revolution and Women's Revolution" He-Yin Zhen, "On the Revenge of Women" He-Yin Zhen, "On Feminist Antimilitarism" He-Yin Zhen, "The Feminist Manifesto" Liang Qichao Biography Liang Qichao, "On Women's Education" Jin Tianhe Biography Jin Tianhe, "The Women's Bell" Bibliography Index

The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory is less a broad collection of essays than it is a well-argued case for the transnational and radical origins of Chinese feminism. MCLC In resuscitating He-Yin Zhen's work, [the editors and translators] have produced a volume that challenges long-established views about the birth of Chinee feminism and repositions it as a pluralist and global event, the theoretical significance of which continues to resonate today. Radical Philosophy A terrific book. -- Tani Barlow Modern Chinese Literature and Culture A powerful discussion highly recommended for college-level Chinese culture and women's studies collections alike. Midwest Book Review An invaluable contribution to anyone interested in Chinese intellectual history or the history of feminism across nations and across time periods. Books & Culture A well-argued case for the transnational and radical origins of Chinese feminism. -- Shaoling Ma Modern Chinese Literature & Culture