Bamboo steamers and red flags : building discipline and collegiality among China's traditional rural midwives in the 1950s

This paper explores how the new Communist government developed a political consciousness of discipline and collegiality among traditional rural midwives in Chinese villages during the 1950s. It argues that selected traditional rural midwives were taught to observe discipline by attending meetings an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fang Xiaoping
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145145