Wanton women in late-imperial Chinese literature : : models, genres, subversions and traditions / / edited by Mark Stevenson and Wu Cuncun.

The contributors to Wanton Women in Late-Imperial Chinese Literature: Models, Genres, Subversions and Traditions draw attention to ‘wanton woman’ themes across time as they were portrayed in court history (McMahon), fiction (Stevenson), drama (Lam, Wu), and songs and ballads (Ôki, Epstein, McLaren)....

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Superior document:Women and Gender in China Studies ; Volume 8
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2017.
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Women and gender in China studies ; Volume 8.
Physical Description:1 online resource (228 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Wanton Women in Late-Imperial Chinese Literature: Models, Genres, Subversions and Traditions / Mark Stevenson
  • The Polyandrous Empress: Imperial Women and their Male Favorites / Keith McMahon
  • The Male Homoerotic Wanton Woman in Late Ming Fiction / Mark Stevenson
  • Musical Seductresses, Chauvinistic Men, and Their Erotic Kunqu Discourse / Joseph Lam
  • Late Ming Urban Life and Wanton Women in Huang Fangyin’s Short Plays / Cuncun Wu
  • Wanton, but not Bad: Women in Feng Menglong’s Mountain Songs / Yasushi Ôki
  • Turning the Authorial Table: Women Writing Wanton Women, Shame, and Jealousy in Two Qing Tanci / Maram Epstein
  • Gossip, Scandal, and the Wanton Woman in Chinese Song-cycles / Anne McLaren
  • Index.