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Author Hu, Qiulei, author.

Title Abandoned women and boudoir resentment : the construction of the feminine voice in early medieval Chinese literature / by Qiulei Hu
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 241 pages)
Series Women and gender in China studies, 1877-5772 ; volume 13
Contents A new type of gaze and the rise of the feminine voice -- Longing for a worthy match: Jian'an writing about women and the beginning of a poetic tradition -- Gender, genre, and historical narrative -- Is it a man or a woman speaking? Mapping gender in early texts -- Neglected voices of early medieval women writers -- Epilogue: Creating the voice of an other
Summary "This book studies the formation of the male-constructed conventional voice of women in Chinese literature from the 3rd to 6th century. It highlights specific moments during which the feminine voice became recognized, accepted, and stabilized, including the shift of focus from the performative to the textual in female representations; the formation of a male literary community; the popularity of romanticized historical narratives; and the emerging sense of literary history. This study emphasizes the historicity of the feminine voice and strives to question and challenge established notions about textual stability, authorship, the literary canon, and literary history"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Chinese literature -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. -- History and criticism
Women in literature.
Chinese literature
Women in literature
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9004546456
9789004546455
Other Titles Abandoned women and boudoir resentment