TY - CHAP
T1 - Music practices in China
T2 - Gender, education, and creativity
AU - Ho, Wai Chung
PY - 2025/6
Y1 - 2025/6
N2 - Despite the feminist movement in China, which took place in the early 20th century, and the promotion of state feminism as enforced by the Communist Party of China (CPC) after the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, gender education, or feminism and education, in China is different from that in Western societies in many aspects (particularly the ultimate inequality of a female-biased sex ratio at birth, less education, low representation in leadership positions, and income differences compared with male counterparts). Over the last 2 decades, China has placed more emphasis on learning and practice in the process of fostering creativity in school education. With reference to China, this chapter examines the under-researched connection between gender, education, and creative music practices through reproduced gender illustrations found in official music textbooks. Within this context, the chapter also explores gender differences presented in music practices and the representation of gender in activities involving creative music making.
AB - Despite the feminist movement in China, which took place in the early 20th century, and the promotion of state feminism as enforced by the Communist Party of China (CPC) after the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, gender education, or feminism and education, in China is different from that in Western societies in many aspects (particularly the ultimate inequality of a female-biased sex ratio at birth, less education, low representation in leadership positions, and income differences compared with male counterparts). Over the last 2 decades, China has placed more emphasis on learning and practice in the process of fostering creativity in school education. With reference to China, this chapter examines the under-researched connection between gender, education, and creative music practices through reproduced gender illustrations found in official music textbooks. Within this context, the chapter also explores gender differences presented in music practices and the representation of gender in activities involving creative music making.
UR - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-feminism-and-music-education-9780197612507?cc=hk&lang=en&
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780197612507
T3 - Oxford Handbooks
SP - 484
EP - 506
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Music Education
A2 - Silverman, Marissa
A2 - Niknafs, Nasim
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - New York
ER -