Echoes of Chongqing: Women in Wartime China

Description: Echoes of Chongqing: Women in Wartime China [Hardcover] Li, Danke Product Overview This collection of annotated oral histories records the personal stories of twenty Chinese women who lived in the wartime capital of Chongqing during China's War of Resistance against Japan during World War II. By presenting women's remembrances of the war, this study examines the interplay between oral history and traditional historical narrative, public discourse, and private memories. The women interviewed came from differing social, economic, and educational backgrounds and experienced the war in a variety of ways, some of them active in the communist resistance and others trying to support families or pursue educations in the face of wartime upheaval. Their stories demonstrate that the War of Resistance had two faces: one presented by official propaganda and characterized by an upbeat unified front against Japan, the other a record of invisible private stories and a sobering national experience of death and suffering. The accounts of how women coped, w Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Illinois Press; First Edition (December 28, 2009) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 232 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0252034899 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 93 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #11,808,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11,645 in Japanese History (Books) #20,007 in Chinese History (Books) #25,148 in Women in History #11,645 in Japanese History (Books) #20,007 in Chinese History (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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