In Women's Tanci Fiction in Late Imperial and Early Modern China,
Li Guo presents the first book-length study in English of women's
tanci fiction, the distinctive Chinese form of narrative written in
rhymed lines during the late imperial to early modern period
(related to, but different from, the orally performed version also
called tanci). She explores the tradition through a comparative
analysis of five seminal texts. Guo argues that Chinese women
writers of the period position the personal within the diegesis in
order to reconfigure their moral commitments and personal desires.
By fashioning a “feminine” representation of subjectivity,
tanci writers found a habitable space of self-expression in the
male-dominated literary tradition. Through her discussion of the
emergence, evolution, and impact of women's tanci, Guo shows how
historical forces acting on the formation of the genre serve as the
background for an investigation of cross-dressing,
self-portraiture, and authorial self-representation. Further, Guo
approaches anew the concept of “woman-oriented perspective” and
argues that this perspective conceptualizes a narrative framework
in which the heroine(s) are endowed with mobility to exercise their
talent and power as social beings as men's equals. Such a
woman-oriented perspective redefines normalized gender roles with
an eye to exposing women's potentialities to transform historical
and social customs in order to engender a world with better
prospects for women.
General
Imprint: |
Purdue University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Comparative Cultural Studies |
Release date: |
June 2015 |
Authors: |
Li Guo
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-55753-713-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-55753-713-5 |
Barcode: |
9781557537133 |
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