| Description |
1 online resource (203 pages) |
| Series |
Women and Gender in China Studies |
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Women and gender in China studies.
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| Contents |
Romancing the Internet; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: This Is Not Your Mother's Qiong Yao; Fan Production; Interdisciplinary Improvisation; Organization of Chapters; 1. A Short Genealogy; The Politics and Economics of Web Publishing; The Popular Mind; Stud, Farming, and Magic-Space Fiction: Characteristics and Trends; The Pleasure of Repetition; Romantic Love with Chinese Characteristics; 2. Addicted to Beauty; Three Players and the Text; Textual Poaching; Time Travel in Danmei Fiction; The Androgynous Reader; Conclusion |
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3. "Men Conquer the World and Women Save Mankind"Clues from Interviews; The Supreme Heroine; Three Princesses; Conclusion; 4. Rewriting Classics, Righting Wrongs; Tricks of the Trade; Rewriting Classics; Danmei Fanfic; Conclusion; 5. How to Make Mr. Right; Seeking Mr. Right?; The Ideal Hero; Reading Zhifou: Strategies and Negotiations; Making Mr. Right; Conclusion; Coda: What Does Chinese Web Romance Do?; Remaking Popular Romance; Creating the Self in a Crowd; A New Woman Born of the E-Age?; Appendix: Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Characters; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In Romancing the Internet: Producing and Consuming Chinese Web Romance, Jin Feng examines how shifting socio-cultural forces and gender codes in contemporary Chinese society have shaped the production and consumption of Chinese popular romance on the Internet |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Literature and the Internet -- China
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Chinese literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Romanticism -- China
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Hypertext literature, Chinese -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Chinese literature
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Hypertext literature, Chinese
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Literature and the Internet
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Romanticism
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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. |
2013026462 |
| ISBN |
9789004259720 |
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9004259724 |
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9789004222052 |
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9004222057 |
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