Different worlds of discourse : transformations of gender and genre in late Qing and early republican China / / edited by Nanxiu Qian, Grace S. Fong, and Richard J. Smith.

• Superior document: China studies, v. 16
• TeilnehmendeR: Qian, Nanxiu.; Fong, Grace S., 1948-; Smith, Richard J. 1944-
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (429 p.)
• Notes: "This volume stems from an international conference, titled "Beyond Tradition and Modernity: Gender, Genre, and the Negotiation of Knowledge in Late Qing China," held on 4-6 March 2005"--P. [ix].

During the late Qing reform era (1895-1912), women for the first time in Chinese history emerged in public space in collective groups. They assumed new social and educational roles and engaged in intense debates about the place of women in China's present and future. These debates found expression in new media, including periodicals and pictorials, which not only harnessed the power of existing cultural forms but also encouraged experimentation with a variety of new literary genres and styles - works increasingly produced by and for Chinese women. Different Worlds of Discourse explores the reform period from three interrelated and comparatively neglected perspectives: the construction of gender roles, the development of literary genres, and the emergence of new forms of print media.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / N. Qian , G.S. Fong and R.J. Smith -- Introduction - Different worlds of discourse: Transformations of gender and genre in Late Qing and early republican China / N. Qian , G.S. Fong and R.J. Smith -- Chapter One. Wang Zhaoyuan (1763–1851) and the erasure of “talented women” By Liang Qichao / Harriet T. Zurndorfer -- Chapter Two. “Tossing the brush”? Wu Zhiying (1868–1934) and the uses of calligraphy / Hu Ying -- Chapter Three. Reconfiguring time, space, and subjectivity: Lü Bicheng’s travel writings on Mount Lu / Grace S. Fong -- Chapter Four. From “Cainü” to “Nü Jiaoxi”: Female normal schools and the transformation of women’s education in the late Qing Period, 1895–1911 / Xiaoping Cong -- Chapter Five. Mediated imaginings: Biographies of western women and their japanese sources in late Qing China / Joan Judge -- Chapter Six. Female assassins, civilization, and technology in Late Qing literature and culture / Jing Tsu -- Chapter Seven. Patriotism versus love: The central dilemma of Zhan Kai’s novel Bihai Zhu / Ellen Widmer -- Chapter Eight. Women in Shenbaoguan publications, 1872–90 / Rudolf G. Wagner -- Chapter Nine. The mother Nü Xuebao versus the daughter Nü Xuebao: Generational differences between 1898 and 1902 women reformers / Nanxiu Qian -- Chapter Ten. Tianyi Bao and He Zhen’s views on “women’s revolution” / Xia Xiaohong -- Chapter Eleven. Male gaze/female students: Late Qing education for women as Portrayedi in Beijing pictorials, 1902–08 / Chen Pingyuan -- Chapter Twelve. The construction of gender and genre in the 1910's new media: Evidence from the ladies’ journal / Siao-Chen Hu -- Suggested bibliography / N. Qian , G.S. Fong and R.J. Smith -- About the contributors / N. Qian , G.S. Fong and R.J. Smith -- Index / N. Qian , G.S. Fong and R.J. Smith.