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Using a theoretical approach that utilizes work in literary studies, anthropology, feminist theory, and cultural studies, this book investigates how, in twentieth century China, the modern concepts of the new woman and the new writing developed into a protracted cultural debate over what and how women should and could write.

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Introduction 1. Women, writing, and the discourse of nationalism 2. Woman, moral virtue, and literary text 3. The body and the text 4. The new woman and the new literature 5. Women's writing and social engagement Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.

Women and Writing in Modern China

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/1998
      ISBN13: 9780804731294, 978-0804731294
      ISBN10: 0804731292

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Using a theoretical approach that utilizes work in literary studies, anthropology, feminist theory, and cultural studies, this book investigates how, in twentieth century China, the modern concepts of the new woman and the new writing developed into a protracted cultural debate over what and how women should and could write.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. Women, writing, and the discourse of nationalism 2. Woman, moral virtue, and literary text 3. The body and the text 4. The new woman and the new literature 5. Women's writing and social engagement Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.

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