Feminism and socialism in China / Elisabeth Croll.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction: The Women{u2019}s Movement in China -- 2. {u2018}A Frog in a Well{u2019}: Mechanisms of Subordination -- 3. New Expectations: Patriotism and the Vote -- 4. A Personal Solution: Feminism -- 5. An Uneasy Alliance: Feminism and Socialism -- 6. {u2018}The Feminine Mystique{u2019}: Guomindang China -- 7. {u2018}Woman Work{u2019}: Communist China -- 8. A New Society: New Standards -- 9. A New Stage: New Problems -- 10. The Cultural Revolution: Socialism versus Feminism -- 11. A Political Solution: Socialism and Feminism .

First published in 1978, Feminism and Socialism in China explores the inter-relationship of feminism and socialism and the contribution of each towards the redefinition of the role and status of women in China. In her history of the women{u2019}s movement in China from the late nineteenth century onwards, Professor Croll provides an opportunity to study its construction, its ideological and structural development over a number of decades, and its often ambiguous relationship with a parallel movement to establish socialism. Based on a variety of material including eye witness accounts, the author examines a wide range of fundamental issues, including women{u2019}s class and oppression, the relation of women{u2019}s solidarity groups to class organisations, reproduction and the accommodation of domestic labour, women in the labour process, and the relationship between women{u2019}s participation in social production and their access to and control of political and economic resources. The book includes excerpts from studies of village and communal life, documents of the women{u2019}s movement and interviews with members of the movement.

Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978.