| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cornell East Asia series ; number 213 |
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Cornell East Asia series ; 213.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Shrew-New Woman Nexus -- The Shrew Is Back: Media Representations of the Early Radical Chinese Suffragettes -- Jealous Shrew, Judicious New Woman: May Fourth Disputes on Female Jealousy and Virtue -- Reconfiguring Female Promiscuity in Love and Independence: Pan Jinlian, Nora, and Jiang Qing -- Popular Views on the Shrewish Wife: Henpecked Humor, Female Rule, and Family- State Metaphor -- Revolutionary Views on the Shrewish Wife: From Husband-Disciplining to Early Communist State-Building -- Epilogue: Beyond 1949, Shrews in The Great Leap Forward |
| Summary |
"Untamed Shrews traces the evolution of unruly women in Chinese literature, from the reviled "shrew" to the celebrated "new woman." Yang shows that the violent, jealous, and promiscuous shrew archetype of imperial times transformed into a symbol of empowerment in Republican and Communist China"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 16, 2023) |
| Subject |
Women -- China
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Women in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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Chinese literature -- History and criticism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies
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Chinese literature
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Sex role in literature
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Women
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Women in literature
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China
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022042682 |
| ISBN |
9781501770630 |
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1501770632 |
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9781501770623 |
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1501770624 |
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