1 option
Snake sisters and ghost daughters : Feminist adaptations of traditional tales in Chinese fantasy / Cathy Yue Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Cathy Yue, author.
- Series:
- Series in fairy-tale studies.
- The Donald Haase series in fairy-tale studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fantasy fiction, Chinese--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction, Chinese.
- Feminism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Politics and paradigm shifts underlying contemporary retellings of fantastic traditional Chinese tales.
- Contents:
- Feminist adaptation in the contemporary Chinese context
- Chinese fantastic narrative tradition and its contemporary revival
- Goddess, matriarchal utopia, and the remaking of Chinese mythology
- Chinese folklore for modern times: feminist revisions of "the legend of the white snake"
- The visible and invisible ghost: the metamorphosis of the strange tales from Liaozhai
- Disappearing fairies and ghosts: female and child characters as others in contemporary Chinese children's fantasy.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814348642
- 0814348645
- OCLC:
- 1381713413
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.