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Examines literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of Chinese women, across centuries and continents.

Crossing Borders and Confounding Identity advances our understanding of the diversity of Chinese women''s experiences and achievements, from the Han Dynasty to the present. With a particular emphasis on literature and the arts, the chapters offer insights into the work of current Chinese women artists as well as literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of women and women''s issues. Taken together, they provide new perspectives on Chinese women, their lived experiences and fictional representations, across a broad spectrum of literature, theater, film, and the visual arts. Accessible to nonspecialists and general readers, this book will also be a valuable resource for faculty who teach Asian studies courses in history and in the humanities, as well as for students in interdisciplinary Asian studies courses.

Crossing Boundaries and Confounding Identity

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      Publisher State University of New York Press
      Published 2 August 2023
      ISBN-13 9781438492148
      978-1438492148
      ISBN-10 1438492146
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      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Examines literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of Chinese women, across centuries and continents.

      Crossing Borders and Confounding Identity advances our understanding of the diversity of Chinese women''s experiences and achievements, from the Han Dynasty to the present. With a particular emphasis on literature and the arts, the chapters offer insights into the work of current Chinese women artists as well as literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of women and women''s issues. Taken together, they provide new perspectives on Chinese women, their lived experiences and fictional representations, across a broad spectrum of literature, theater, film, and the visual arts. Accessible to nonspecialists and general readers, this book will also be a valuable resource for faculty who teach Asian studies courses in history and in the humanities, as well as for students in interdisciplinary Asian studies courses.

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