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Title 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
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 415 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series China studies, 1570-1344 ; v. 16
China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 16.
Contents Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Different Worlds of Discourse: Transformations of Gender and Genre in Late Qing and Early Republican China (Nanxiu Qian, Grace S. Fong, and Richard J. Smith); PART ONE TRANSFORMATIONS OF GENDER ROLES; 1. Wang Zhaoyuan (1763-1851) and the Erasure of "Talented Women" by Liang Qichao (Harriet T. Zurndorfer); 2. "Tossing the Brush"? Wu Zhiying (1868-1934) and the Uses of Calligraphy (Hu Ying); 3. Reconfi guring Time, Space, and Subjectivity: Lü Bicheng's Travel Writings on Mount Lu (Grace S. Fong)
4. From "Cainü" to "Nü Jiaoxi": Female Normal Schools and the Transformation of Women's Education in the Late Qing Period, 1895-1911 (Xiaoping Cong)PART TWO TRANSFORMATIONS OF GENRES; 5. Mediated Imaginings: Biographies of Western Women and Their J apanese Sources in Late Qing China (Joan Judge); 6. Female Assassins, Civilization, and Technology in Late Qing Literature and Culture (Jing Tsu); 7. Patriotism Versus Love: The Central Dilemma of Zhan
Summary During the late Qing reform era (1895-1912), women for the first time in Chinese history emerged in public space in collective groups. This book explores the reform period from three interrelated perspectives: the construction of gender roles, the development of literary genres, and the emergence of new forms of print media
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and index
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Subject Women -- China -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
Women -- China -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Chinese literature -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- History and criticism
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Chinese literature
Qing Dynasty (China)
Women
China
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Qian, Nanxiu
Fong, Grace S., 1948-
Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
ISBN 9789047443339
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9781282399181
9786612399183
661239918X