ISBN:
9781501770616
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 236 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Cornell East Asia series number 213
Series Statement:
Cornell East Asia series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Yang, Shu Untamed shrews
DDC:
305.40951
Keywords:
Women
;
Women in literature
;
Sex role in literature
;
Chinese literature History and criticism
;
Chinesisch
;
Literatur
;
Frauenbild
;
Frau
Abstract:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
