Fresh winds in Beijing: Chinese feminists speak out on the one-child policy and women’s lives
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Both the mobilization and regulation of women's reproductive capacity are consistently carried out through top-down approaches that perceive women as objects of control rather than autonomous individuals with their own needs.
“In this vein, both the mobilization and regulation of women's reproductive capacity are consistently caried out through top-down approaches that perceive women as objects of control rather than autonomous individuals with their own needs (Greenhalgh, 2001).”
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- Authors
- Greenhalgh, S.
- Corresponding author
- Greenhalgh, Susan
- ORCID
- Greenhalgh, Susan
- Venue
- Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2001-04
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 847-886
- ISSN
- 0097-9740 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-6943
- OpenAlex
- W2037401032
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 7.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Signs (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Keywords
- Chinese feminism, one-child policy, women's lives, reproductive rights, women's rights activism, Beijing
- MeSH terms
- China, Contraception, Government Programs, Humans, Population Control, Population Growth, Public Health, Public Policy, Social Change, Social Control, Formal, Socioeconomic Factors, Women, Family Planning Policy, Feminism, Asian People, Reproductive Rights, History, 20th Century
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