Writing gender in early modern Chinese women's tanci fiction
"Women's tanci, or "plucking rhymes," are chantefable narratives written by upper-class educated women from seventeenth-century to early twentieth-century China. Writing Gender in Early Modern Chinese Women's Tanci Fiction offers a timely study on early modern Chinese women&...
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| Language: | English |
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West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue University Press
2021, [2021]©2021
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| Series: | Comparative cultural studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Introduction: Toward a Spatialized Understanding of Women's Literary Tanci
- Chapter One. Vernacular Literacy, Cross-Dressing, and Feminine Authority in Zhu Suxian's Yulianhuan (Linked Rings of Jade)
- Chapter Two. Among Women : Feminine Homoeroticism in Li Guiyu's Liuhuameng (Dream of the Pomegranate Flowers)
- Chapter Three. Gender, Syncretism, and Female Exemplarity.: Jin Fangquan's Qizhenzhuan (A Tale of Exceptional Chastity)
- Chapter Four. "Beyond Rouge and Powder" : Rewriting Female Talent in Sun Deying's Jinyuyuan (Affinity of the Golden Fish)
- Chapter Five. A New Romance of the Nation-State : On Wang Oushang's Zixuji (A Tale of Vacuity)
- Conclusion