Introduction -- A case of interfamily Tanci reading and writing : Zheng Zhenhua, Zhou Yingfang, and Judaoren -- An alternative discourse of Qing : Zheng Zhenhua and the legacy of Mudan Ting -- The daughter's devotions and virtues -- Women and family: a new narrative of the Yue Fei legend in Jing Zhong Zhuan -- Nationalist readings of Jing Zhong Zhuan in shifting historical contexts -- Yu Xuan Cao : anxiety under camouflage of entertainment -- Epilogue : the hopeful age
Summary
"Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this is the first monograph to frame three once widely-read Tanci fiction as interrelated texts composed by three generations of members of one extended gentry family in nineteenth-century China. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this is the first monograph to frame three once widely-read Tanci fiction as interrelated texts composed by three generations of members of one extended gentry family in nineteenth-century China"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oregon, 2013
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