The show was made possible as a result of reforms brought in by the Deng Xiaoping government and it was groundbreaking in its attempt to allow women, for the first time in sexually and culturally repressed China, to talk about their feelings on love, marriage, relationships, sex, sexual preferences, physical violence and so on.
This is a collection of stories about women in China put together by a journalist named Xinran who from 1989-1997 ran an incredibly popular radio show for Chinese women called "Words on the Night Breeze". "The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices" is a little book, but whatever you do, don't let its size fool you because its contents are capable of hitting you hard in the solar plexus. # Published: November 11, 2003, Random HouseĪn Interview with the author on BBC's Women's Hour # Category: Social Science - Anth/Cultural Social Science - Women's Studies
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