Women As Writing Subjects in High Qing China : : Reconfiguring the Poetics of Feminine Propriety.

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.

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Superior document:Women and Gender in China Studies ; v.14
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.
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Year of Publication:2024
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Women and Gender in China Studies
Physical Description:1 online resource (233 pages)
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9789004706989
9789004695153
Hierarchical level:Monograph