Agnes Smedley: A working introduction
To many Asians and informed Asia specialists, Agnes Smedley (1892-1950) is a folk heroine. Increasingly, her remarkable life and work with Indian and Chinese revolutionary movements serves to inspire scholar-activists in the Asian field-especially women. Yet, besides what she said in her books, we k...
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| Published in | Bulletin of concerned Asian scholars Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 6 - 11 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Taylor & Francis
01.03.1975
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| Summary: | To many Asians and informed Asia specialists, Agnes Smedley (1892-1950) is a folk heroine. Increasingly, her remarkable life and work with Indian and Chinese revolutionary movements serves to inspire scholar-activists in the Asian field-especially women. Yet, besides what she said in her books, we know little more about her than what is in the fragmented and often contradictory caricatures and stories told by her contemporaries. In this preliminary introduction to Smedley we shall try to begin separating myths from reality. |
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| ISSN: | 0007-4810 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14672715.1975.10406356 |