Untamed Shrews : Negotiating New Womanhood in Modern China /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yang, Shu, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women in literature.
Women.
Sex role in literature.
Chinese literature.
Chinese literature > History and criticism.
Women > China.
China.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (252 pages).
ISBN:9781501770630

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