Abandoned women and boudoir resentment : the construction of the feminine voice in early medieval Chinese literature / by Qiulei Hu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hu, Qiulei, author.

Series:

Women and gender in China studies, 1877-5772 ; volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese literature--221 B.C.-960 A.D--History and criticism.

Chinese literature.

Women in literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages : 24 cm.

Other Title:

Abandoned women and boudoir resentment

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004541009

9004541004

OCLC:

1378066776