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The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory
This panel discussion with Lydia Liu and Rebecca Karl, co-authors and co-translators, will focus on their book, The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory, a volume of English translation of writings by possibly the first Chinese feminist author He-Yin Zhen (1884-1920?) on issues of gender in relation to imperialism, capitalism, and patriarchy.
Where
Rebecca Karl, Department of History, New York University; Lydia Liu, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, Columbia University
Colleen Lye, English, UC Berkeley; Raka Ray, Sociology, UC Berkeley
Weihong Bao, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Film and Media, UC Berkeley
Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
This panel discussion with Lydia Liu and Rebecca Karl, co-authors and co-translators, will focus on their book, The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory, a volume of English translation of writings by possibly the first Chinese feminist author He-Yin Zhen (1884-1920?) on issues of gender in relation to imperialism, capitalism, and patriarchy.
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-birth-of-chinese-feminism/978023116290
ccs@berkeley.edu, 510-643-6321
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