Abandoned Women and Boudoir Resentment: The Construction of the Feminine Voice in Early Medieval Chinese Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004541009)

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.

Author: Qiulei Hu
ISBN-10: 9004541004
ISBN-13: 9789004541009
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2023
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover