Soong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945

Esther T. Hu

doi:10.5771/9781666928624

Zusammenfassung

Soong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945: Deploying Words as Weapons focuses on the First Lady of China’s timely and critical contributions in the areas of war, women’s work, and diplomacy during China’s War of Resistance as inflected through gender. This book explores Soong Mayling through her own words by examining her speeches, essays, letters, telegrams, and news reports during the war period. How did Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s gender identity shape her interactions with other Chinese women, the male military and political leadership in the Republic of China, and the broader global public? How did Confucianism’s cardinal virtues and Chinese Christianity converge in Soong Mayling’s work and worldview? What were her main contributions as Secretary-General of the Chinese Air Force? Drawing on Chinese archival materials such as Chiang Kai-shek’s diaries and other records around the world, Esther Hu provides a historically informed perspective of the First Lady’s legacy within the context of World War II history, international cultural and military affairs, and transnational geopolitics.

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Copyrightjahr: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-2861-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-2862-4
Verlag: Lexington, Lanham
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 312
Produkttyp: Monographie

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1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. List of Figures Kein Zugriff
3. Note on the Romanizationof Chinese Words Kein Zugriff
4. Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
1. A Military and Ideological Alliance Kein Zugriff
2. Chinese Women in Society: Gender, Biography, and Wartime Work Kein Zugriff
3. Academic Contribution and Research Questions Kein Zugriff
4. Narrative Scope and Methodology Kein Zugriff
5. Historical Sources Kein Zugriff
6. Roadmap Kein Zugriff
7. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. 1. Training Chinese Pilots and Promoting Their Victories Kein Zugriff
  2. Deploying Words as Weapons: Soong Mayling’s Rhetorical Appeals as Secretary-General of the Chinese Air Force Kein Zugriff
  3. The Geopolitical Situation in the Early War Years Kein Zugriff
  4. Honorary Commander of the American Volunteer Group Kein Zugriff
  5. Marshaling Resources and Encouraging Pilots as Mother of the Air Force Kein Zugriff
  6. The Cost of Defense Kein Zugriff
  7. Notes Kein Zugriff
2. 1. Soong Mayling’s Catholic and Methodist Family Heritage Kein Zugriff
  2. Historical Background of Foreign Missionaries in China and the Social Gospel Kein Zugriff
  3. Soong Mayling’s Essays on Christianity: A Relationship Between Faith and Good Works, or the Exercise of a “Practical Christianity” Kein Zugriff
  4. Partnering with the Church to Develop Modern China: Rural Reconstruction, the New Life Movement, and the National Christian Council Kein Zugriff
  5. The New Life Movement and Its Theory and Praxis in Connection with Social Regeneration and Service Kein Zugriff
  6. Foreign Missionaries in Partnership with the Chinese Christian Church Kein Zugriff
  7. Collaborating with Catholic and Protestant Foreign Missions to Care for “Warphans” Kein Zugriff
  8. THE SURE VICTORY (1955) Kein Zugriff
  9. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. 1. Background Kein Zugriff
  2. Wartime Women’s Work and the Women’s Advisory Council of the New Life Movement Kein Zugriff
  3. Chinese Philosophy and Women’s Work Kein Zugriff
  4. Women’s Gathering on August 1, 1937 Kein Zugriff
  5. May 1938 Women’s Conference in Guling Kein Zugriff
  6. Chinese and Indian Women in the Global War Kein Zugriff
  7. Soong Mayling, the Mother of China Kein Zugriff
  8. Notes Kein Zugriff
2. 1. Warphans During the War of Resistance Kein Zugriff
  2. Soong Mayling’s Rhetorical Labor: Essays and Speeches from Chinese Periodicals for Female Readers During the Early War Years Kein Zugriff
  3. The Costs and Consequences of Emotional Labor Kein Zugriff
  4. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. 1. December 1936: The Xi’an Incident Kein Zugriff
  2. Soong Mayling: A Chinese Female Revolutionary Kein Zugriff
  3. August 1942: Negotiations in Xinjiang Kein Zugriff
  4. Soong Mayling Assisting Chiang Kai-shek with American Personnel in China Kein Zugriff
  5. Notes Kein Zugriff
2. 1. A Journey to India Kein Zugriff
  2. Great Britain and the Chiangs: Wartime Diplomacy and Geopolitics Kein Zugriff
  3. Soong Mayling’s Wartime Work and Great Britain Kein Zugriff
  4. “What War is Teaching China”: Articles in The Spectator, July 1938 Kein Zugriff
  5. Soong Mayling’s Diplomatic Range: A Letter to Richard Stafford Cripps Kein Zugriff
  6. The British United Aid to China Fund (Lady Cripps’ Fund) Kein Zugriff
  7. Notes Kein Zugriff
3. 1. Background Kein Zugriff
  2. Soong Mayling’s U.S. Tour Kein Zugriff
  3. 1. February 18, 1943, U.S. Congress Kein Zugriff
    2. MARCH 7, 1943, Wellesley College Kein Zugriff
    3. Soong Mayling’s Wartime Work: Diplomatic and Military Details from the Chinese Archives Kein Zugriff
  4. Influencing the American President Kein Zugriff
  5. Cairo 1943 Kein Zugriff
  6. Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts Kein Zugriff
  7. After the Cairo Conference of 1943 Kein Zugriff
  8. Yalta and Its Consequences Kein Zugriff
  9. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Epilogue Kein Zugriff
2. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. 1. So Who Was Mayling Soong Chiang? Kein Zugriff
2. Early Religious Background Kein Zugriff
3. A Crisis Leads in a New Direction Kein Zugriff
4. Personal Charisma Which Influenced China and the United States Kein Zugriff
5. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Selected Archives Kein Zugriff
2. Selected Collections or Series Kein Zugriff
3. Selected Bibliography Kein Zugriff
4. For Further Reading Kein Zugriff
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 299 - 310
About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 311 - 312

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