Title Politics, poetics, and gender in late Qing China : Xue Shaohui and the era of reform / Nanxiu Qian

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Contents Making the future reformers (1866-97). Xue Shaohui and the Min writing-women culture -- The Chen brothers and the Fuzhou Navy Yard culture -- A marriage between the two cultures -- Revitalizing the Xianyuan tradition in the late Qing reform era (1897-1911). The 1897-98 Shanghai campaign for women's education -- Translating the female West to expand Chinese women's space -- Introducing modern science and technology through literature -- Xue's self-repositioning in the family -- Xue's literary response to the late Qing reforms Summary In 1898, Qing dynasty emperor Guangxu ordered a series of reforms to correct the political, economic, cultural, and educational weaknesses exposed by China's defeat by Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. The ""Hundred Day's Reform"" has received a great deal of attention from historians who have focused on the well-known male historical actors, but until now the Qing women reformers have received almost no consideration. In this book, historian Nanxiu Qian reveals the contributions of the active, optimistic, and self-sufficient women reformers of the late Qing Dynasty. Qian examines the late Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Xue, Shaohui, 1866-1911 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Xue, Shaohui, 1866-1911 fast Subject Women authors, Chinese -- Political and social views Women social reformers -- China -- History Women's rights -- China -- History Women and literature -- China -- History Politics and literature -- China -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General. HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Political and social views Politics and government Politics and literature Women and literature Women social reformers Women's rights SUBJECT China -- History -- Reform movement, 1898. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024099 China -- Politics and government -- 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024164 Subject China Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780804794275 0804794278

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