A new type of gaze and the rise of the feminine voice -- Longing for a worthy match: Jian'an writing about women and the beginning of a poetic tradition -- Gender, genre, and historical narrative -- Is it a man or a woman speaking? Mapping gender in early texts -- Neglected voices of early medieval women writers -- Epilogue: Creating the voice of an other.
Summary:
"This book studies the formation of the male-constructed conventional voice of women in Chinese literature from the 3rd to 6th century. It highlights specific moments during which the feminine voice became recognized, accepted, and stabilized, including the shift of focus from the performative to the textual in female representations; the formation of a male literary community; the popularity of romanticized historical narratives; and the emerging sense of literary history. This study emphasizes the historicity of the feminine voice and strives to question and challenge established notions about textual stability, authorship, the literary canon, and literary history"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Women and gender in China studies, 1877-5772 ; volume 13
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