Intimate Communities : Wartime Healthcare and the Birth of Modern China, 1937-1945 /
Barnes, Nicole Elizabeth, 1975-
Intimate Communities : Wartime Healthcare and the Birth of Modern China, 1937-1945 / Nicole Elizabeth Barnes. - 1 online resource (303 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Prologue in triptych -- Introduction -- Policing the public in the new capital -- Appearing in public : the relationships at the heart of the nation -- Healing to kill the true internal enemy -- Authority in the halls of science : women of the wards -- Mothers for the nation -- Conclusion.
Open Access
"When China's War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout China. In the end, China not only survived the war but emerged from the trauma with a curious strength. Intimate Communities argues that women who worked as military and civilian nurses, doctors, and midwives during this turbulent period built the national community, one relationship at a time. In a country with a majority illiterate, agricultural population that could not relate to urban elites' conceptualization of nationalism, these women used their work of healing to create emotional bonds with soldiers and civilians from across the country that transcended the divides of social class, region, gender, and language"--Provided by publisher
English.
American Historical Association Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, 2019.
9780520971868
Women and war.
Public health--Political aspects.
Public health.
HISTORY--Asia--China.
Asian history.
History.
Sante publique--Aspect politique--Chine.
Guerre sino-japonaise, 1937-1945.
Femmes et guerre--Histoire--Chine--20e siecle.
Sante publique--Histoire--Chine--20e siecle.
Public health--Political aspects--China.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
Women and war--History--China--20th century.
Public health--History--China--20th century.
China.
History.
Electronic books.
Intimate Communities : Wartime Healthcare and the Birth of Modern China, 1937-1945 / Nicole Elizabeth Barnes. - 1 online resource (303 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Prologue in triptych -- Introduction -- Policing the public in the new capital -- Appearing in public : the relationships at the heart of the nation -- Healing to kill the true internal enemy -- Authority in the halls of science : women of the wards -- Mothers for the nation -- Conclusion.
Open Access
"When China's War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout China. In the end, China not only survived the war but emerged from the trauma with a curious strength. Intimate Communities argues that women who worked as military and civilian nurses, doctors, and midwives during this turbulent period built the national community, one relationship at a time. In a country with a majority illiterate, agricultural population that could not relate to urban elites' conceptualization of nationalism, these women used their work of healing to create emotional bonds with soldiers and civilians from across the country that transcended the divides of social class, region, gender, and language"--Provided by publisher
English.
American Historical Association Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, 2019.
9780520971868
Women and war.
Public health--Political aspects.
Public health.
HISTORY--Asia--China.
Asian history.
History.
Sante publique--Aspect politique--Chine.
Guerre sino-japonaise, 1937-1945.
Femmes et guerre--Histoire--Chine--20e siecle.
Sante publique--Histoire--Chine--20e siecle.
Public health--Political aspects--China.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
Women and war--History--China--20th century.
Public health--History--China--20th century.
China.
History.
Electronic books.