Gender of Memory

Gail Hershatter is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of many books, including Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai and Women in China's Long Twentieth Century, both from UC Press.

• Acknowledgments Maps Introduction 1. Frames 2. No One Is Home 3. Widow (or, the Virtue of Leadership) 4. Activist 5. Farmer 6. Midwife 7. Mother 8. Model 9. Laborer 10. Narrator Appendix: Interviews Notes Glossary References Index

"A landmark in women's history and the history of China." -- James C. Scott London Review Of Books "Remarkable... Hershatter has a complicated story to tell about women's experiences in mid-twentieth-century China." Ms Magazine "If you want to be reminded of how moving history can be, then read this book." New Books In Gender Studies "The Gender of Memory is not only a story of China's past but a gift of restless questions for the present." -- Ellen R. Judd China Quarterly "Hershatter offers a breathtaking interrogation of her sources and methods, rendering elegantly transparent the thought processes behind her book's production." Cross Currents: East Asian History & Cultural Review "Arresting and engaging... The Gender of Memory is a work of outstanding scholarship and significance." -- Louise Edwards, The University of Hong Kong The China Journal "This book should be on the reading list of global historians interested in China." -- Ellen R. Judd China Quarterly