Androgyny in Late Ming and Early Qing Literature / / Zuyan Zhou.
The frequent appearance of androgyny in Ming and Qing literature has long interested scholars of late imperial Chinese culture. A flourishing economy, widespread education, rising individualism, a prevailing hedonism--all of these had contributed to the gradual disintegration of traditional gender r...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2003] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- contents
- Acknowledgments
- introduction Androgyny Defined
- one. Androgyny in Chinese Philosophy
- two .Gender Ambiguity in Late Ming and Early Qing Culture
- three .The Plum in the Golden Vase A Prelude to the Androgyny Craze
- four. The Peony Pavilion A Paean to the Androgynous Ideal
- five. Scholar-Beauty Romance Idealistic Expression of the Androgynous Vision
- six .The Peach Blossom Fan An Ambivalent Hymn to Political Androgyny
- seven .The Dream of the Red Chamber A Shattered Dream of Androgyny
- eight. Conclusion: Androgyny as Literary Trend and Strategy in Fashioning Chinese Literati Identity
- appendix. Symbolic Values and Gender Associations of Some Flowers and Plants in Chinese Literature
- Notes
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index