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Women's Tanci Fiction in Late Imperial and Early Twentieth-Century China (Comparative Cultural Studies)
Li Guo
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Paperback. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
In Women's Tanci Fiction in Late Imperial and Early Modern China, Li Guo presents the first book-length study in English of women's tanci fiction, the distinctive Chinese form of narrative written in rhymed lines during the late imperial to early modern period (related to, but different from, the orally performed version also called tanci). She explores the tradition through a comparative analysis of five seminal texts. Guo argues that Chinese women writers of the period position the personal within the diegesis in order to reconfigure their moral commitments and personal desires. By fashioning a “feminine” representation of subjectivity, tanci writers ... Read more
In Women's Tanci Fiction in Late Imperial and Early Modern China, Li Guo presents the first book-length study in English of women's tanci fiction, the distinctive Chinese form of narrative written in rhymed lines during the late imperial to early modern period (related to, but different from, the orally performed version also called tanci). She explores the tradition through a comparative analysis of five seminal texts. Guo argues that Chinese women writers of the period position the personal within the diegesis in order to reconfigure their moral commitments and personal desires. By fashioning a “feminine” representation of subjectivity, tanci writers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Series
Comparative Cultural Studies
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557537133
SKU
V9781557537133
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About Li Guo
Li Guo teaches Chinese language, literature, culture, and Asian literatures at Utah State University, USA. Her interests in scholarship include late imperial and modern Chinese women's narratives, folk literature, film, and comparative literature. Guo’s recent publications include articles in Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature (2014), CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (2013), Film International (2012), Frontiers of Literary Studies in China ... Read more
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