Abstract
”Fuyou” monthly (meaning ”women's friends monthly”) was a journal published by the Kuomintang Women's Working Committee. This article examines the one-hundred- twenty volumes of ”Fuyou” published from October 1954 to September 1964. Present studies on journal history mostly focus on textual analysis. But if we investigate the knowledge production process of the journal, including the publishing unit, editorial board, review process, sources of funding, and circulation, we can gain a more comprehensive understanding of the journal. Therefore, this article is divided into two sections. The first section discusses the production process of ”Fuyou”. As an official women's journal supported by the party-state, what unit sponsored the publishing? Were they well-funded? What was the background of the editorial board members? Did they work for the party? Was the publication (by the part-state, after all) freely distributed or price and sold? All these aspects require further examination. The second section focuses on textual analysis of the journal, focusing on the kinds of literary forms presented to readers and scrutinizing the purpose behind this women-centered Kuomintang journal. Was it used to propagate party-state ideology to women or to awaken women's subjectivities? If it was the latter, did the journal encompass different ethic groups?
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