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Gender Politics in Modern China
Barlow
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Description for Gender Politics in Modern China
Paperback. Through the lens of modern Chinese literature, this title explores the relationship between gender and modernity, notions of the feminine and masculine, and shifting arguments for gender equality in China. It also features historical accounts of gendered writing in Taiwan and semi-colonial China. Editor(s): Barlow, Tani E. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Through the lens of modern Chinese literature, Gender Politics in Modern China explores the relationship between gender and modernity, notions of the feminine and masculine, and shifting arguments for gender equality in China.
Ranging from interviews with contemporary writers, to historical accounts of gendered writing in Taiwan and semi-colonial China, to close feminist readings of individual authors, these essays confront the degree to which textual stategies construct notions of gender. Among the specific themes discussed are: how femininity is produced in texts by allocating women to domestic space; the extent to which textual production lies at the base of a ... Read more
Through the lens of modern Chinese literature, Gender Politics in Modern China explores the relationship between gender and modernity, notions of the feminine and masculine, and shifting arguments for gender equality in China.
Ranging from interviews with contemporary writers, to historical accounts of gendered writing in Taiwan and semi-colonial China, to close feminist readings of individual authors, these essays confront the degree to which textual stategies construct notions of gender. Among the specific themes discussed are: how femininity is produced in texts by allocating women to domestic space; the extent to which textual production lies at the base of a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822313892
SKU
V9780822313892
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Gender Politics in Modern China
"Among Western critical approaches, feminist criticism offers the most exciting promise, both for raising the level of critical analysis of Chinese texts, and for testing Western theories as they are applied cross-culturally. Gender Politics in Modern China provides convincing evidence of what can be done."—Yi-tsi Mei Feuerwerker, University of Michigan "Theoretically informed and sophisticated, the essays in this volume relflect ... Read more