A woman soldier's own story : the autobiography of Xie Bingying /
For the first time, a complete version of the autobiography of Xie Bingying (1906-2000) provides a fascinating portrayal of a woman fighting to free herself from the constraints of ancient Chinese tradition amid the dramatic changes that shook China during the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Xie�...
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| مؤلفون آخرون: | , |
| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية الصينية |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
©2001.
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/xie-12250 |
| الملخص: | For the first time, a complete version of the autobiography of Xie Bingying (1906-2000) provides a fascinating portrayal of a woman fighting to free herself from the constraints of ancient Chinese tradition amid the dramatic changes that shook China during the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Xie's attempts to become educated, her struggles to escape from an arranged marriage, and her success in tricking her way into military school reveal her persevering and unconventional character and hint at the prominence she was later to attain as an important figure in China's political culture. Though she was tor. |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xvii, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ردمك: | 0231502745 9780231502740 0231122500 9780231122504 |