Interweaving memories, self-perceptions and case studies with historical data, this unique book explores the female experience of rhetoric on identity in China. While focusing on the gap between changing rhetoric and experience for Chinese women in the Republican, revolutionary,…
This study of Chinese women will strike a chord with readers of Wild Swans and the work of Julia Kristeva. It describes how it actually feels for women to live with the rhetoric of prescribed female qualities, and the gap between that rhetoric and experience. Drawing on vivid se…
Women in Republican China: a sourcebook
by Lan, Hua R., Fong, Vanessa L.
fromEast gate book
Grannies, geishas, warriors, mystics, recluses and predators - these are the dangerous women of traditional China. Through her exploration of the myth and history of the Ming, Victoria Cass seeks to bring their world to life. In a culture that is resoundingly patriarchal, these …
Grannies, geishas, warriors, mystics, recluses, and predators--these are the dangerous women of traditional China. In a culture that is resoundingly patriarchal, these women are a vivid counterpoint. Violating state-sponsored orthodoxies, the granny mocks and mimics, the geisha …
