Title Rewriting gender : reading contemporary Chinese women / Ravni Thakur

Published London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1996 London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1997

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Description 224 pages ; 22 cm Contents Pt. I. Orthodox Gender Discourse and the Literary Field. 1. Gender relations and literature: an inter-disciplinary approach. 2. One step forward, two steps back: the construction of an orthodox discourse on gender. 3. The literature field and women writers -- Pt. II. Responses to Gender Discourse. 4. A methodology for character analysis. 5. Orthodox responses to gender discourse. 6. Heterodox responses to gender discourse. 7. Cultural specificity and comparative theory Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-217) and index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [200]-217) and index Subject Chinese literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Women and literature -- China. Women -- China -- Social conditions. LC no. 96017966 ISBN 1856494098 1856494101 (paperback)

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