LEADER 05254oam 2200733I 450 001 9910815813803321 005 20240314021104.0 010 $a1-138-64350-5 010 $a0-203-11422-1 010 $a1-136-29021-4 010 $a1-136-29022-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203114223 035 $a(CKB)2550000001106066 035 $a(EBL)1323292 035 $a(OCoLC)854977043 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000957099 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12486855 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000957099 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10965108 035 $a(PQKB)10223273 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1323292 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1323292 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10737907 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL506425 035 $a(OCoLC)854583716 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB143517 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001106066 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen and the literary world in early modern China, 1580-1700 /$fDaria Berg 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in the early history of Asia ;$v8 225 0$aRoutledge studies in the early history of Asia ;$v8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-53341-4 311 $a1-299-75174-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover ; Women and the Literary World in Early Modern China, 1580-1700; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication; Table of Contents ; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Map of the Yangzi delta (Jiangnan) region in the late imperial period (Qing dynasty, 1644-1911); The rise of literary women: an introduction; Concepts; Gentility and literary culture; The hidden sage; The historian as a messenger of souls; The publishing industry; Aims and outline; Notes; 1 Writing goddess: virgin, venerators, literary vogues; A new reading of Tanyangzi's story; The voices 327 $aLiterati reactions to female literacyConclusion; Notes; 2 The child prodigy; The precocious girl; Styling the catkins poetess; What happens when the catkins poetess grows up?; Books, libraries and the child prodigy-turned-goddess; Duplicating goddesses; Reconstructing her voice; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Queen of the bordellos? The courtesan's quest; An invitation; Qinhuai revisited; Biographical reconstruction; Reconstructing Xue Susu's lost book; Recovering the courtesan's poetic voice; Through the literati's eyes; In the gentlewoman's gaze; The artistic gaze; Conclusion; Notes 327 $a4 Miss Emotion: the drama of the new woman reader on the literary marketplacePortrait of a woman reader; The biographer's gaze; The editor's gaze; The female gaze in the literary oeuvre; Gossip, rumours or lies? The question of authenticity; Sweet words of seduction: the cult of emotions and the cult of clever women; The reader; Trading emotions: books and business; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Editing her story, rewriting hi/story: the art of female self-fashioning; The concept of self-fashioning; Editorship and the publishing industry; The gentlewoman editor; The professional woman editor 327 $aGentlewomen critics and team editorsCourtesan editors; The courtesan collator-cum-copy editor; Male views of editorship; Perceptions of women editors: a view from fiction; Conclusion: editorial negotiations; Notes; 6 Negotiating gentility: the Banana Garden Poetry Club; A literary society for gentlewomen; The circle of poets; The Banana Garden; Simple, solitary and serene: the image of the gentlewoman scholar; The Banana Garden girls in the male gaze; Through female eyes; Women and publishing; The legacy of the Banana Garden club; Whose story is it anyway?; Conclusion; Notes; Epilogue 327 $aList of works citedSources cited by abbreviation; Other primary sources; Secondary sources; Index 330 $a

Exploring the works of key women writers within their cultural, artistic and socio-political contexts, this book considers changes in the perception of women in early modern China. The sixteenth century brought rapid developments in technology, commerce and the publishing industry that saw women emerging in new roles as both consumers and producers of culture. This book examines the place of women in the cultural elite and in society more generally, reconstructing examples of particular women's personal experiences, and retracing the changing roles of women from the late Ming to the early Q 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in the Early History of Asia 606 $aWomen and literature$zChina 606 $aChinese literature$y960-1644$xHistory and criticism 607 $aChina$xSocial life and customs$y960-1644 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aChinese literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a895.1/099287 700 $aBerg$b Daria$f1964-,$0925048 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815813803321 996 $aWomen and the literary world in early modern China, 1580-1700$93923896 997 $aUNINA