Publication

2001-03-01 - University of Hawaii Press

Language

English

Word Count

45,250 words, Guess

Page Count

181 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100824824687
  • ISBN-139780824824686
  • LibraryThing9157046
  • Goodreads919049
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001017132
and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCPL2727.S2E49 2001
  • LCCPL2727.S2 E49 2001
  • DDC895.1/348
and 1 more
  • LCCPL2727.S2 E49 1994

Description

Men & Women in Qing China is an analysis of Chinese prescriptions of gender as represented in Cao Xueqin's famous eighteenth-century Chinese novel of manners, The Red Chamber Dream or The Story of the Stone. Drawing on feminist literary critical methods it examines Qing notions of masculinity and femininity, including themes such as bisexuality, motherhood, virginity and purity, and gender and power. Its central aim is to challenge the common assumption that the novel represents some form of early Chinese feminism by examining the text in conjunction with historical data. The book will be especially important to those interested in issues of gender in China, the history of Chinese literary criticism and the application of feminist theory to the Asian text.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Men and Women in Qing ChinaPaperbackUniversity of Hawaii Press2001-03-01

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