Men and Women in Qing China

Gender in the Red Chamber Dream
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-90-04-10123-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 31, 181 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Sinica Leidensia

Men and Women in Qing China is an analysis of Chinese prescriptions of gender as represented in Cao Xueqin's famous eighteenth century Chinese novel of manners, The Red Chamber Dream or The Story of the Stone. Drawing on feminist literary critical methods it examines Qing notions of masculinity and femininity, including themes such as bisexuality, motherhood, virginity and purity, and gender and power. Its central aim is to challenge the common assumption that the novel represents some form of early Chinese feminism by examining the text in conjunction with historical data.
The book will be especially important to those interested in issues of gender in China, the history of Chinese literary criticism and the application of feminist theory to the Asian text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edwards

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Louise P. Edwards, Ph.D. (1993, Griffith University) held a postdoctoral fellowship at Queensland University and currently lectures in Asian Studies at Australian Catholic University. Publications include Bibliography of English Translations and Critiques of Contemporary Chinese Fiction 1945-1992 co-authored with Kam Louie.