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The CSYP was a very effective source to bringing light to the atrocities that Chinese American faced and the changes that needed to take place. Chinese American women could speak out through these journals in order to reach out to others and make changes. As Judy Yung noted though a lot did not read these articles, the news spread. Women talk and share their thoughts with other woman evoking their spirit and that brings change for them. --Mhimes | The CSYP was a very effective source to bringing light to the atrocities that Chinese American faced and the changes that needed to take place. Chinese American women could speak out through these journals in order to reach out to others and make changes. As Judy Yung noted though a lot did not read these articles, the news spread. Women talk and share their thoughts with other woman evoking their spirit and that brings change for them. --Mhimes | ||
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| + | Interesting reading, yes--new information, not really, at least to me. Why is it ironic that China saw the way out of Western domination as its emulation? That mentality has been repeated throughout history, from the Egyptians adopting chariots to overthrow the Hyksos to Afghan and Iraqi insurgents being found with US manuals on unconventional warfare. Also, it would seem only natural that the suppression of entry into the political sphere of an immigrant population would foster the desire to interact with the mother country. An aside--my own use of that term, "mother country" fascinates me in that nations have almost always been characterized as feminine and wonder what that kind of gendered language indicates about the pervasiveness of such gendered dichotomies in everyday life. Other things I found "interesting"--the actions of politicians and probably most likely liberal-minded reformers from the Progressive Era directly contributed to the high rate of prostitution among Chinese women as they barred further immigration in California and other western states. Also found significant the direction that these women's reform actions were aimed at--the revitalization of China as a nation, rather than the individualistic aims of many female reformers in America--kind of reminiscent of the African American women from the previous reading and their focus on universal rights etc. than their white female counterparts. -schang | ||
== Chapter 1 – Visions of the New Woman == | == Chapter 1 – Visions of the New Woman == | ||
