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Asian Literary Voices
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 172

Asian Literary Voices

Philip F. Williams has published nine books in East Asian studies, including The Great Wall of Confinement (UCal, 2004), and has been Professor of Chinese at Massey University and Arizona State University. --

Personal Matters
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 308

Personal Matters

This book studies identity formation and transformation in twentieth-century China by focusing on women's autobiographical writing.

Children's Lit in China
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 356

Children's Lit in China

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

A history of children's literature in China, set in the framework of China's revolution and modernization. Lu Xun and his brother Zhou Zhuren were the founding fathers of the idea of the political importance of children and how that connected with literature tailored for them in the 20s and 30s.

The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature: From 1375
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 830

The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature: From 1375

Stephen Owen is James Bryant Conant Professor of Chinese at Harvard University. --Book Jacket.

A Maze of Stars and Spring Water
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 158

A Maze of Stars and Spring Water

A Maze of Stars & Spring Water is a collection of poems directly inspired by the poetic forms that emerged after the May Fourth Movement. Specifically, the “mini poem,” which by Bing Xin’s own admission, hadn’t quite existed before she started experimenting with its form. Inspired by Tagore’s Stray Birds, she started gathering her “scattered and fragmentary thoughts,” not originally intended as poetry, but which would eventually become the present collection. The popularity of the poems and the distinction of the form led the genre to become known as the “Bingxin style.”

China Chic
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 226

China Chic

Explores the historical significance of Chinese clothing, and offers examples and commentary on fashions ranging from the dragon robes of the Imperial era to the cheongsams shown on the runways in Paris

The Asian Family in Literature and Film
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 608

The Asian Family in Literature and Film

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Gender Politics in Modern China
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 336

Gender Politics in Modern China

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Through the lens of modern Chinese literature, Gender Politics in Modern China explores the relationship between gender and modernity, notions of the feminine and masculine, and shifting arguments for gender equality in China. Ranging from interviews with contemporary writers, to historical accounts of gendered writing in Taiwan and semi-colonial China, to close feminist readings of individual authors, these essays confront the degree to which textual stategies construct notions of gender. Among the specific themes discussed are: how femininity is produced in texts by allocating women to domestic space; the extent to which textual production lies at the base of a changing, historically speci...

Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1260

Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

Describes authors, works, and literary terms from all eras and all parts of the world.

Women Who Changed the World [4 volumes]
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2347

Women Who Changed the World [4 volumes]

This indispensable reference work provides readers with the tools to reimagine world history through the lens of women's lived experiences. Learning how women changed the world will change the ways the world looks at the past. Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments through History features 200 biographies of notable women and offers readers an opportunity to explore the global past from a gendered perspective. The women featured in this four-volume set cover the full sweep of history, from our ancestral forbearer "Lucy" to today's tennis phenoms Venus and Serena Williams. Every walk of life is represented in these pages, from powerful monarchs and politicia...