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. ©2024. |
Year of Publication: | 2024 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Women and Gender in China Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Ttile Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Figures
- Introduction
- 1 From the Feat of Preservation to Moral Packaging
- 2 The Xingling Ideal and the Innovative Reinscription of Female Experience
- 3 Exploiting the Mid-Qing Conditions of Wifehood, Widowhood, and Motherhood for Self-Empowerment
- 4 Conjugal Love and the Assertion of Wifely Admonitions
- 5 Chaste Widowhood and the Celebration of Self-Reliance and Autonomy
- 6 Veneration of Maternal Teaching and Promotion of Girls' Education
- 7 Moral Agency, Female Virtue, and Historical Justice: Wang Duan's Scholarly and Historical Writings
- 8 An Overview: Structure, Sources, and Disclaimers
- Part 1 Xi Peilan (1762-c.1831)
- Chapter 1 Xi Peilan's Remedy to Yuan Mei's Xingling Poetics and Refashioning of Conjugal Poetry
- 1 Xi Peilan's Critical Acceptance of Xingling Aesthetics
- 2 Moral Scrutiny in Xi's Evaluations of Female Characters
- 3 The Xingling-Inspired Conjugal Poetry and the Problem of Conveying Marital Love
- 4 Blending Conjugal Love with Wifely Admonition: Xingling Refashioned
- 5 Conjugal Love and Romantic/Erotic Poetry: Two Contrasting Approaches
- 6 Zhen (Admonitions) and Two Different Understandings of Qing
- 7 Conclusion
- Part 2 Luo Qilan (1756-c.1813)
- Chapter 2 Poking Holes and Reclaiming the Boudoir: Luo Qilan's Playful Poems in the Perfumed Cosmetic Case Style
- 1 Reconciling Xianglian with Women's Writing
- 2 Poking Holes in the Imagined Femininity: Luo's Xianglian Verse Done in Jest
- 3 Reinscribing Boudoir and Femininity: Pride in Perseverance, Self-Reliance, and Productivity
- 4 Conclusion
- Chapter 3 The Song of a Lone Crane: Luo Qilan's Exaltation of Widowhood and Female Agency
- 1 Widowhood, Leisure, and Women's Writing.
- 2 From a Widowed Swan to a Transcendental Crane: Reinscribing Solitude
- 3 The Emotional Arc of a Happily Married Wife and Faithful Widow: Luo's Imitation of "Yan Terrace"
- 4 Conclusion
- Chapter 4 From Amused Indulgence to Serious Instruction: Maternal Teaching and Girls' Education
- 1 Celebrating "My Cherished Daughter": Its Origin and Evolution
- 2 "Tutoring My Daughter": A Matter of Pride and Anxiety
- 3 Poems on the Paintings of Tutoring the Daughter: The Case of Luo Qilan
- 4 An Interlude: The Choice of Adopting a Daughter and Its Potential Benefits
- 5 One Painting, Varied Responses
- 6 Conclusion
- Part 3 Wang Duan (1793-1839)
- Chapter 5 Transposing Chunqiu into Poetry: Wang Duan's Writing on History
- 1 Putting It in Perspective: Wang Duan and Historical Scholarship in the Reigns of Qianlong and Jiaqing
- 2 A Lifelong Fascination with History and Recurring Anxiety
- 3 At a Crossroads: Juxtaposing Comparable Moments in History
- 4 The Repurposed Preface: A New Form of Historical Writing
- 5 Conclusion
- Chapter 6 Female Martyrdom, Historical Justice, and Local Memory: Wang Duan's Poems on the Zhangwu
- 1 Setting the Stage: The First Poem
- 2 The Revisionist and the Localist Perspective
- 3 Exemplars of Loyalty: Redeeming the Vilified Zhangwu Men
- 4 The Murky Matter of Female Martyrdom
- 5 Eulogizing Exemplary Women: A Remedy for the Suppression of Local History
- 6 Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.