{"product_id":"competing-discourses-maram-epstein-9780674005129","title":"Competing Discourses: Orthodoxy, Authenticity, and Engendered Meanings in Late Imperial Chinese Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the traditional Chinese symbolic vocabulary, the construction of gender was never far from debates about ritual propriety, desire, and even cosmic harmony. \u003ci\u003eCompeting Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e maps the aesthetic and semantic meanings associated with gender in the Ming-Qing vernacular novel through close readings of five long narratives: \u003ci\u003eMarriage Bonds to Awaken the World, Dream of the Red Chamber, A Country Codger's Words of Exposure, Flowers in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Tale of Heroic Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEpstein argues that the authors of these novels manipulated gendered terms to achieve structural coherence. These patterns are, however, frequently at odds with other gendered structures in the texts, and authors exploited these conflicts to discuss the problem of orthodox behavior versus the cult of feeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maram Epstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674005120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674005129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.31w x 1.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2001 pg. 504","brand":"Maram Epstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086753968383,"sku":"9780674005129","price":39.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87411b62-8d06-4459-b9c4-bf283c0a4613.jpg?v=1769096381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/competing-discourses-maram-epstein-9780674005129","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}