Ding Ling and Her Mother: A Cultural Psychological Study

by Dora Shu-Fang Dien, Dora Schu-Fang Dien

Overview

Chinese writer Ling (1904-86) rebelled early against the patriarchal family system, joined the underground Communist Party and was imprisoned by the Nationalists, and was expelled from the Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution. Dien (California State U.- Hayward) provides a study of her and her mother, an inspiration for and sometimes companion in her adventures. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590330715
Publisher:	Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Pages:	161
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 10.24(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	xi
	A Note on Transliteration	xiii
	Introduction	xv
Chapter 1	Earliest Recollections	1
Chapter 2	Beginnings	3
	Footbinding	4
	An Extraordinary Journey	5
	Home Again and Growing Up	8
	Marriage	9
	The Birth of Ding Ling	11
	Ding Ling's Early Childhood	13
	The Story of Qiu Jin	15
Chapter 3	Mother and Daughter Embarking on a New Life	17
	A New Life and a New Identity	18
	To the Big City	20
	The Daughter's Growing Independence	21
	The Mother's Career	22
	The Daughter's Schooling and the Death of the Only Son	24
	Coping with Grief	25
Chapter 4	Separation and Reunion	27
	One Step Higher and One Step Away	28
	A Reinvigorated Manzhen	30
	Changing Schools	31
	Plunging Back into Grieving	32
Chapter 5	Breaking Away	35
	Ding Ling's Engagement	35
	Shanghai	37
	A Time of Exploration	39
	The Tragic Life of Qu Qiubai	43
	The Mother's Struggle	44
Chapter 6	Testing Her Wings in Raging Storm	47
	Hu Yepin: A Sketch	48
	Respite with Mother	51
	From Free Love to Marriage	52
	From Anarchism to Communism	54
	A Turning Point	57
	Seeing the Light	59
	The Sudden Eclipse	61
	Following Her Husband's Footsteps	63
	Soaring High	65
Chapter 7	Caged Up in a World of Demons and Monsters	67
	News, Protests, and Rumors	70
	The Contest of Wills	71
	Wintering in a Summer Resort	76
	The Mother's Visit	77
	The Unspeakable Anguish	81
	The Grip Loosens	82
Chapter 8	Escape to Freedom	85
	Shattered Dreams	89
	The Captor: Xu Enzeng's Version	91
	Feng Da's Feelings	93
	Taking Off	93
Chapter 9	The Yan'an Period	97
	Yan'an	97
	Chen Ming: A Sketch	100
	Love and Marriage	101
	A Communist First, Writer Second	102
	The Triumph of the Communists	104
	The Zenith of Ding Ling's Career	105
Chapter 10	Trials and Tribulations in the Shifting Political Winds	107
	The Anti-Rightist Campaign: 1957-1958	108
	The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: 1966-1976	115
	Abuse, Imprisonment, and Hard Labor	116
	Solitary Confinement	118
Chapter 11	Free Again and Exonerated	121
	Freedom and Rehabilitation	122
	The Remaining Years	124
Chapter 12	The Evolving Ideological Conviction: A Western Psychobiographical Analysis	129
	Cognitive Dissonance	130
	Psychological Resilience	134
	Defensive Identification	135
Chapter 13	A Filial Daughter and A Loyal Subject: A Chinese Interpretation	137
	The Mandate of Heaven and the Responsibility to Remonstrate	140
Chapter 14	Human Development in Sociohistorical Context	143
	Afterword	147
	Chronology	149
	References	151
	Index	157