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Untamed shrews : negotiating new womanhood in modern China /

"Untamed Shrews traces the evolution of unruly women in Chinese literature, from the reviled "shrew" to the celebrated "new woman." Yang shows that the violent, jealous, and promiscuous shrew archetype of imperial times transformed into a symbol of empowerment in Republican...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yang, Shu, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Colección:Cornell East Asia series ; 213.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Untamed Shrews traces the evolution of unruly women in Chinese literature, from the reviled "shrew" to the celebrated "new woman." Yang shows that the violent, jealous, and promiscuous shrew archetype of imperial times transformed into a symbol of empowerment in Republican and Communist China"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501770630
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9781501770623
1501770624