| Description |
1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Series |
The Donald Haase Series in Fairy-Tale Studies |
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Donald Haase Series in Fairy-Tale Studies
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| Contents |
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Feminist Adaptation in the Contemporary Chinese Context -- 2. Chinese Fantastic Narrative Tradition and Its Contemporary Revival -- 3. Goddess, Matriarchal Utopia, and the Remaking of Chinese Mythology -- 4. Chinese Folklore for Modern Times: Feminist Revisions of "The Legend of the White Snake" -- 5. The Visible and Invisible Ghost: The Metamorphosis of the Strange Tales from Liaozhai |
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6. Disappearing Fairies and Ghosts: Female and Child Characters as Others in Contemporary Chinese Children's Fantasy -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Major Chinese Dynasties Timeline -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
Politics and paradigm shifts underlying contemporary retellings of fantastic traditional Chinese tales |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Fantasy fiction, Chinese -- History and criticism
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Feminism in literature.
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Fantasy fiction, Chinese
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Feminism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0814348645 |
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9780814348642 |
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