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Woman and Chinese modernity : the politics of reading between West and East / Rey Chow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chow, Rey.
- Series:
- Theory and history of literature ; v. 75.
- Theory and history of literature ; v. 75
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Chinese literature.
- Women--China.
- Women.
- China--Civilization--20th century.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the relationship of ""woman"" to issues of non-Western culture: ethnic spectatorship, popular literature, the construction of literary history, and the revolutionary production and emotional reception of national literature.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Seeing Modern China: Toward a Theory of Ethnic Spectatorship; 2. Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies: An Exercise in Popular Readings; 3. Modernity and Narration-in Feminine Detail; 4. Loving Women: Masochism, Fantasy, and the Idealization of the Mother; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Based in part on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Stanford University, 1986.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816683482
- 0816683484
- OCLC:
- 476092977
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb04246 hdl
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