WOMEN WARRIORS AND WARTIME SPIES OF CHINA by Louise Edwards ( 9781316509340 )

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Title:

WOMEN WARRIORS AND WARTIME SPIES OF CHINA

By:

Louise Edwards

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1316509346

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9781316509340

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

29 March, 2016

Pages:

280

Description:

Explores China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies, shedding new light on the relationship between gender and militarisation.

Synopsis:

In this compelling new study, Louise Edwards explores the lives of some of China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies through history. Focusing on key figures including Hua Mulan, Zheng Pingru and Liu Hulan, this book examines the ways in which these extraordinary women have been commemorated through a range of cultural mediums including film, theatre, museums and textbooks. Whether perceived as heroes or anti-heroes, Edwards shows that both the popular and official presentation of these women and their accomplishments has evolved in line with China's shifting political values and circumstances over the past one hundred years. Written in a lively and accessible style with illustrations throughout, this book sheds new light on the relationship between gender and militarisation and the ways that women have been exploited to glamorise war both historically in the past and in China today.

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15 b/w illus.

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Cambridge University Press

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