Women As Writing Subjects in High Qing China Reconfiguring the Poetics of Feminine Propriety |
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| Author:
| Sun, Chengjuan |
| Series title: | Women and Gender in China Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-69515-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2024 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $103.00 |
Book Description:
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This study investigates how mid-Qing gentry women exploited prevailing literary and intellectual thought and state ideology for self-expression and self-empowerment. It aims to go beyond a rigid dichotomy between compliance and resistance and examines their gendered revision of literary convention.
This study investigates how mid-Qing gentry women exploited prevailing literary and intellectual thought and state ideology for self-expression and self-empowerment. It aims to go beyond a rigid dichotomy between compliance and resistance and examines their gendered revision of literary convention.