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In the period between the 1920s and 1940s, a genre emerged in
Chinese literature that would reveal crucial contradictions in
Chinese culture that still exist today. At a time of intense
political conflict, Chinese women began to write autobiography, a
genre that focused on personal identity and self-exploration rather
than the national, collective identity that the country was
championing. "
When "I" Was Born: Women's Autobiography in Modern China" reclaims
the voices of these particular writers, voices that have been
misinterpreted and overlooked for decades. Tracing women writers as
they move from autobiographical fiction, often self-revelatory and
personal, to explicit autobiographies that focused on women's roles
in public life, Jing M. Wang reveals the factors that propelled
this literary movement, the roles that liberal translators and
their renditions of Western life stories played, and the way in
which these women writers redefined writing and gender in the
stories they told. But Wang reveals another story as well: the
evolving history and identity of women in modern Chinese society.
"When "I" Was Born "adds to a growing body of important work in
Chinese history and culture, women's studies, and autobiography in
a global context.
Writers discussed include Xie Bingying, Zhang Ailing, Yu Yinzi,
Fei Pu, Lu Meiyen, Feng Heyi, Ye Qian, Bai Wei, Shi Wen, Fan
Xiulin, Su Xuelin, and Lu Yin.
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