LEADER 03353nam 2200649 450 001 9910542190803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61249-382-3 010 $a1-61249-381-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000466256 035 $a(EBL)2176626 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001545363 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16135445 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545363 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12251252 035 $a(PQKB)11464729 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2176626 035 $a(OCoLC)919187771 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41553 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2176626 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11092722 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL948329 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000466256 100 $a20150506h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen's Tanci fiction in late imperial and early twentieth-century China /$fLi Guo 210 1$aWest Lafayette, Indiana :$cPurdue University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dcopyright 2015 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 1 $aComparative cultural studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55753-713-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Envisioning A Nascent Feminine Agency in Zaishengyuan (Destiny of Rebirth); Chapter Two: Disguised Scholar, Fox Spirit, and Moralism in Bishenghua (Blossom from the Brush); Chapter Three: Ethics, Filial Piety, and Narrative Sympathy in Mengyingyuan (Dream, Image, Destiny); Chapter Four: Gender, Spectatorship, and Literary Portraiture in Mengyingyuan; Chapter Five: Cross-Dressing as a Collective Act in Xianu? qunying shi (A History of Women Warriors) 327 $aChapter Six: Illustrating a New Woman in Fengliu zuiren (The Valiant and The Culprit)Conclusion; Appendix: Chinese Characters for Authors' Names, Terms, and Titles of Works; Works Cited; Index 330 $aIn Women's Tanci Fiction in Late Imperial and Early Modern China, Li Guo presents the first book-length study in English of women's tanci fiction, the distinctive Chinese form of narrative written in rhymed lines during the late imperial to early modern period (related to, but different from, the orally performed version also called tanci). She explores the tradition through a comparative analysis of five seminal texts. Guo argues that Chinese women writers of the period position the personal within the diegesis in order to reconfigure their moral commitments and personal desires. By fashionin 410 0$aComparative cultural studies. 606 $aChinese fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen in literature 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChinese fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric) 676 $a895.13/48099287 700 $aGuo$b Li$f1979-$01198245 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910542190803321 996 $aWomen's Tanci fiction in late imperial and early twentieth-century China$92769200 997 $aUNINA