Rewriting gender : reading contemporary Chinese women
by
 
Thakur, Ravni, 1962-

Title
: 
Rewriting gender : reading contemporary Chinese women

Author
: 
Thakur, Ravni, 1962-

ISBN
: 
9781856494090
 
9781856494106

Personal Author
: 
Thakur, Ravni, 1962-

Publication Information
: 
London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1996.

Physical Description
: 
224 p. ; 22 cm.

General Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-217) and index.

Contents
: 
Pt. I. Orthodox Gender Discourse and the Literary Field. 1. Gender relations and literature: an inter-disciplinary approach. 2. One step forward, two steps back: the construction of an orthodox discourse on gender. 3. The literature field and women writers -- Pt. II. Responses to Gender Discourse. 4. A methodology for character analysis. 5. Orthodox responses to gender discourse. 6. Heterodox responses to gender discourse. 7. Cultural specificity and comparative theory.

Subject Term
: 
Women -- China -- Social conditions.
 
Women and literature -- China.
 
Chinese literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.


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