Men and Women in Qing China : Gender in The Red Chamber Dream /
Men and Women in Qing China is an analysis of Chinese prescriptions of gender as represented in Cao Xueqin's famous eighteenth century Chinese novel of manners, The Red Chamber Dream or The Story of the Stone . Drawing on feminist literary critical methods it examines Qing notions of masculinit...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden; Boston :
BRILL,
1994
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| Series: | Sinica Leidensia ;
31 Sinica Leidensia Online, ISBN: 9789004498488 |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Louise P. Edwards
- Preface / Louise Edwards
- List of Abbreviations / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter One Introduction: Explication of Theory / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter Two Hongxue Before 1949 / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter Three Gender Imperatives: Jia Baoyu's Bisexuality / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter Four Young Women and Prescriptions of Purity / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter Five Wang Xifeng: Young Women and Power / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter Six Domesticating the Woman Warrior: Comparisons with Jinghua Yuan / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter Seven Jia Family Women: Unrestrained 'Indulgent Mothers' / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter Eight Men of the Jia Clan: Responsible or Degenerate / Louise P. Edwards
- Chapter Nine Hongxue after 1949 and Gender Equality / Louise P. Edwards
- Bibliography of English Materials / Louise P. Edwards
- Bibliography of Chinese Materials / Louise P. Edwards
- Index / Louise P. Edwards
- Sinica Leidensia / Louise P. Edwards