Gender, Discourse and the Self in Literature: Issues in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789629963996)

As a cultural construct, gender is fictional and imagined, yet gender is also real in its ideological and representational effects on the formation of self and identity. The fiction behind the fictional, which many accept as truth, is what's most intriguing. Critiquing the fictive nature of socially accepted gender values, this volume unravels the strategies writers and filmmakers adopt in their (de)construction of the gendered self in three different Chinese communities: mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Writing from the vantage points of film, literature, and gender studies, contributors adapt western gender discourse to map the construction and representation of self and identity in the social contexts of contemporary China.

Author: Kwok-Kan Tam
ISBN-10: 962996399X
ISBN-13: 9789629963996
Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2010
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2010