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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819339803321

Autore

Widmer Ellen

Titolo

Fiction's Family : Zhan Xi, Zhan Kai, and the Business of Women in Late-Qing China / / Ellen Widmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2016

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2016

ISBN

1-68417-083-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 329 pages :) : illustrations ;

Collana

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; ; 99

Disciplina

895.13/48

Soggetti

Women in literature

Women and literature - China - History - 19th century

Chinese literature - Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 - History and criticism

Women - China - Social conditions - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores the writings of one western Zhejiang literary family whose works were emblematic of shifting attitudes towards women. Placing this family at the center of this study, the author illuminates the bridge between the late Qing and the previous period, the interplay of genres during the family's lifetimes, and the interaction of Shanghai publishing with other regions"--