Bringing to light an ancient folk art that once signaled female status, talent, and virtue across broad areas of China, McLaren (Chinese language and literature, U. of Melbourne) investigates why wome
McLaren (Chinese, La Trobe U., Melbourne) analyzes examples of a Chinese oral narrative form favored by unlearned classes in the late imperial period during the 15th century. They are part of a body o
This book presents significant new findings on new domains of employment for women in China's burgeoning market economy of the 1990s and the twenty-first century. Experts in gender, politics, media st
