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Title: interesting feminist view
Review: Although its a bit weak on how much womens lives changed during the Chinese Revolution it raises some key questions that are not stressed by other authers.Clearly written from a feminist view point rather than a marxist one.Its central critisism of the Chinese Party is that it puts a one sided emphasis on class struggle and only sees womens liberation as coming about as a result of their involvement in socialized economic activity ( Engles theory ). That moves towards collectiveforms in rural areas formalized and were built on family units that were the basis of womens opression.There is obviously the danger that any analysis written in the West can fall into the trap of a eurocentric view and not start from the realities of the Chinese situation and what realistically could be achieved in a mere 30 years but I feel that the author has a valid point and the book contributes to an understanding of the Chinese revolution
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