Women, Sport, and Society in Modern China

Holding Up More Than Half the Sky

• Author(s): Jinxia Dong,
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Pages: 357
• ISBN_10: 0714652350
  ISBN_13: 9780714652351
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Women's Studies , Sports & Recreation / General ,

Description:... Drawing on Chinese sources hitherto unavailable in the West including official documents and interviews with top athletes, the author explores the rise of Chinese super sportswomen and their relationship with politics, culture and society before and during the Cultural Revolution and through China's transition to a market economy.