Gender Politics in Modern China
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Gender Politics in Modern China by Tani Barlow
Through the lens of modern Chinese literature, this title explores the relationship between gender and modernity, notions of the feminine and masculine, and shifting arguments for gender equality in China. It also features historical accounts of gendered writing in Taiwan and semi-colonial China.
"Among Western critical approaches, feminist criticism offers the most exciting promise, both for raising the level of critical analysis of Chinese texts, and for testing Western theories as they are applied cross-culturallyGender Politics in Modern China provides convincing evidence of what can be done."—Yi-tsi Mei Feuerwerker, University of Michigan
"Theoretically informed and sophisticated, the essays in this volume relflect some of the most creative and intelligent readings of twentieth-century Chinese fiction being produced in a number of venues. Taken as a group, they illustrate the variety of ways in which gender has been deployed by modern Chinese writers as textual and political strategy."—Gail Hershatter, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Theoretically informed and sophisticated, the essays in this volume relflect some of the most creative and intelligent readings of twentieth-century Chinese fiction being produced in a number of venues. Taken as a group, they illustrate the variety of ways in which gender has been deployed by modern Chinese writers as textual and political strategy."—Gail Hershatter, University of California, Santa Cruz
Tani E. Barlow is a historian of modern China teaching in the Women's Studies Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is the editor of many books, including Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia and New Asian Marxisms, both published by Duke University Press. Barlow is the founding senior editor of positions: east asia cultures critique, also published by Duke University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822313892 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822313898 |
| Title | Gender Politics in Modern China |
| Author | Tani Barlow |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 1994-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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