Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters Feminist Adaptations of Traditional Tales in Chinese Fantasy |
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| Author:
| Wang, Cathy Yue |
| Series title: | The Donald Haase Series in Fairy-Tale Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8143-4863-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2023 |
| Publisher: | Wayne State University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $160.60 |
Book Description:
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Contemporary Chinese film and literature often draw on time-honoured fantastical texts and tales which were founded in the milieu of patriarchy, parental authority, heteronormativity, nationalism, and anthropocentrism. Cathy Yue Wang examines the processes by which modern authors and filmmakers reshape these traditional tales.
Contemporary Chinese film and literature often draw on time-honoured fantastical texts and tales which were founded in the milieu of patriarchy, parental authority, heteronormativity, nationalism, and anthropocentrism. Cathy Yue Wang examines the processes by which modern authors and filmmakers reshape these traditional tales.