Myth, Fantasy or Scholarship: Images of the Status of Women in Traditional China

Holmgren, Jennifer

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“…In our opinion, the possible major causes of VCF in the females of Dahekou were due to hormone deficiency, poor nutrition, and/or lack of physical activities compared to their age-matched male counterparts. The latter conclusion was in accordance with an urban lifestyle, while the former might indicate that females had lower socioeconomic statuses compared to males in ancient societies in China (Holmgren 1981), as has been seen in other ancient complex societies globally (Schepartz et al 2017) and therefore, had lower diet standards and poorer nutrition than males (i.e., Dong et al 2017;Barbera et al 2020;Miller et al 2020; but see Lan 2017; Ling 2010; Ling et al 2017;Pechenkina 2018). High prevalence of low back pain is also found in pregnant, postpartum, and osteoporotic females (Katonis et al 2011;Krishnakumar et al 2016;Wang et al 2016).…”

Section: Inequality Of Spinal Health At Dahekousupporting

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Sex-Based Differences in Age-Related Changes of the Vertebral Column from a Bronze Age Urban Population in Ancient China

Han

Zhang

Xie

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The health disparities between males and females in bioarchaeological settings are important indicators of gender-based differences in socioeconomic roles. In this study, sex-based differences of the vertebral column in spine pathology were investigated in human skeletons excavated from a Bronze Age cemetery of the Western Zhou Dynasty at the Dahekou site in Shanxi, China. Results demonstrated that females had a higher prevalence of vertebral compressive fractures, with the majority found in those between twenty-five and thirty years old, suggesting that the fractures were a consequence of osteoporosis and its early onset in females. In contrast, males expressed overall more severe ageing in all vertebral divisions compared to females. Males also had a higher prevalence of vertebral facet joint osteoarthritis in cervical and thoracic divisions than females. Likewise, the incidence of facet joint osteoarthritis was more asymmetric between the left and right joints in males than in females. These findings reflect disparities of vertebral health between the two sexes in an urban setting, in which ageing and injuries of the vertebral column might be driven by different mechanisms. Age-related changes in female vertebral columns may have been more influenced by conditions of hormone deficiency such as menopause, while male vertebral columns might have been more prone to age-related changes due to heavy labor-induced physical stressors. Further studies on the differentiation of ageing mechanisms between the two sexes based on physiology, socioeconomic roles, and living conditions are warranted. The studies are necessary in understanding how multiple sociocultural and physiological factors contribute to health disparities in historic and contemporary environments.

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Section: Inequality Of Spinal Health At Dahekousupporting

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Sex-Based Differences in Age-Related Changes of the Vertebral Column from a Bronze Age Urban Population in Ancient China

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“…Just as late Qing writers had done before them, May Fourth writers presented their critique as something wholly new, effacing the importance of education for elite women in the imperial era as well as critical discussions of women's place that stretched back several centuries (Handlin 1975;Ropp 1976;Holmgren 1981;Rong 1983;Ko 1994;Mann 1997;Gilmartin 1999 (Croll 1980;Nivard 1984Nivard , 1986Borthwick 1985;Z. Wang 1999;Gilmartin 1999;Bailey 2001Bailey , 2004Y.…”

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Women in China's Long Twentieth Century

Hershatter¹

2007

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Description:This indispensable guide for students of both Chinese and women's history synthesizes recent research on women in twentieth-century China. Written by a leading historian of modern China, it surveys more than 650 scholarly works, discussing Chinese women in the context of marriage, family, sexuality, labor, and national modernity. In the process, Hershatter offers keen analytic insights and judgments about the works themselves and the evolution of related academic fields. The result is both a practical bibliographic tool and a thoughtful reflection on how we approach the past. Author:Gail Hershatter is Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Humanities Research at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Among her books is Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai. Review:"An important and much-needed introduction to a rich and fast-growing field. Hershatter has handled a daunting task with aplomb." -Susan L. Glosser, author of Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915-1953 WOMEN IN CHINA'S LONG TWENTIETH CENTURY GAIL HERSHATTER Women in China's Long Twentieth CenturyWomen in China's Long Twentieth Century Gail Hershatter Global, Area, and International Archive University of California Press Berkeley los Angeles LondonThe Global, Area, and International Archive (GAIA) is an initiative of International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the University of California Press, the California Digital Library, and international research programs across the UC system. GAIA volumes, which are published in both print and open-access digital editions, represent the best traditions of regional studies, reconfigured through fresh global, transnational, and thematic perspectives.University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. Hershatter, Gail. Women in China's long twentieth century / Gail Hershatter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-520-09856-5 (pbk.: alk. paper), isbn-10: 0-520-09856-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) University of California Press1. Women -China -Social conditions -20th century. 2. Women -Employment -China. 3. Sex role -China. 4. Women and communism -China. 5. Feminism -China. I. University of California, Berkeley. Global, Area, and International Archive. II. Title. HQ1767. H47 2007 305.40951'0904-dc22 2006029808 Manufactured in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39. 48-1992 (r1997) The study of women in twentieth-century China has expanded so quickly since the mid-1980s that a state-of-the-field survey becomes outdate...

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“…Just as late Qing writers had done before them, May Fourth writers presented their critique as something wholly new, effacing the importance of education for elite women in the imperial era as well as critical discussions of women's place that stretched back several centuries (Handlin 1975;Ropp 1976;Holmgren 1981;Rong 1983;Ko 1994;Mann 1997;Gilmartin 1999). Magazines such as Funü zazhi, which published from 1915 to 1932, began to address women's emancipation, sexuality, love, and marriage (Croll 1980;Nivard 1984Nivard , 1986Borthwick 1985;Z.…”

Section: New Culture and Beyondmentioning

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State of the Field: Women in China's Long Twentieth Century

Hershatter¹

2004

J of Asian Stud

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Myth, Fantasy or Scholarship: Images of the Status of Women in Traditional China

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Sex-Based Differences in Age-Related Changes of the Vertebral Column from a Bronze Age Urban Population in Ancient China

Sex-Based Differences in Age-Related Changes of the Vertebral Column from a Bronze Age Urban Population in Ancient China

Women in China's Long Twentieth Century

State of the Field: Women in China's Long Twentieth Century

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