The changing face of women's education in China : a critical history of St. Mary's Hall, McTyeire School and Shanghai No. 3 Girls' Middle School / Liu Xiaoyan

Author(s): Liu, Xiaoyan

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Main Title
The changing face of women's education in China : a critical history of St. Mary's Hall, McTyeire School and Shanghai No. 3 Girls' Middle School
Author(s)
Liu, Xiaoyan
Publisher
Zürich : Lit Verlag, 2017
Collation
vi, 344 pages : illustrations, map
22 cm
Summary
This book offers a critical study on the history of Shanghai No.3 Girls' Middle School, from its missionary predecessors, St. Mary's Hall and McTyeire School, to its present form as a public school. By bringing together three historical periods, late imperial, the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, and their respective political regimes into one project and tracing continuities and discontinuities in terms of education between the Nationalists and Communists, the book argues that education in Chinese modern history affords another example of "continuous revolution."--back cover
ISBN
9783643908179
Dewey Class
371.822
Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Chapter 1. A Role Model of Modern Education for Chinese Women -- 1.1 St. Mary's Hall and Its Predecessors -- 1.2 Chinese Education Seeking for Change -- 1.3 St. Mary: Training Chinese Girls for the "New China" -- 1.4 A Founding History of Shanghai McTyeire School -- 1.5 McTyeire: Becoming A Role Model -- 1.6 McTyeire: Raising "First-class Wives" -- 1.7 "Conservative" Missionary and "Radical" Chinese --
Chapter 2. In Search of Forgotten Girls -- 2.1 Growth and Setback: St. Mary and McTyeire in Republican China -- 2.2 A "Rebellion" in the Classroom -- 2.3 Alumnae in the Movie Industry -- 2.4 Ling Long Girls -- 2.5 Chinese "Mona Lisa Smile" -- 2.6 Memorialized Alumnae in Official School History --
Chapter 3. Wartime Account: Missionary and State Absence and Communist Penetration -- 3.1 St. Mary: A Return to St. John -- 3.2 St. Mary: Unfinished Registration -- 3.3 McTyeire in Crisis -- 3.4 Missionary Absence and Rise of Chinese Leadership -- 3.5 Confronting Japanese and Japanese Language -- 3.6 Presence and Absence of the State -- 3.7 Communist Penetration: Through the Lens of Shanghai Lian --
Chapter 4. The Path to "Liberation" from 1945 to 1952 -- 4.1 Postwar Shanghai and Education -- 4.2 Restoring Pre-war Normalcy -- 4.3 Between Education and Politics -- 4.4 Last Graduation and Campus Turmoil -- 4.5 Communists Liberation and Missionary Exodus -- 4.6 A Farewell to Elitism --
Part II. Chapter 5. The Making of A People's School: The Birth of Shanghai No.3 Girls' Middle School -- 5.1 Reforms at St. Mary and McTyeire -- 5.2 The Making of People's Teachers -- 5.3 The Making of People's Students -- 5.4 Beyond the Discourse of Victimization --
Chapter 6. A Tale in Two Cities: Restoration in Taiwan and Revolution in Shanghai -- 6.1 Divided China, Divided school -- 6.2 A Story of Restoration in Taiwan -- 6.3 A Story of Revolution in Shanghai -- 6.4 A Tale in Two Cities --
Chapter 7. A Rebirth of A Middle School for Girls: Embracing the Past and Shanghai Nostalgia -- 7.1 Restoring No.3 for Girls -- 7.2 The Establishment of the Alumni Association in 1984 -- 7.3 Shanghai Nostalgia and Colonial Heritage -- 7.4 Qingling (Ching-ling) or May-ling? -- 7.5 Imagined Intimacies --
Conclusion.
Language
English
Subject
Shanghai No.3 Girls' Middle School -- History
Girls' schools -- China -- Shanghai -- History
BRN
9922

Notes

  • In English with some Chinese.

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