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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Binbin YangPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780295744261ISBN 10: 029574426 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 25 March 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis study is not only of interest to students of traditional Chinese women's literature. It ranges over fields as widely apart as print culture, art history, social history and medical history. In each of these fields it shows a far more assertive participation of women than is commonly assumed. . . . Equally relevant to the students of Republican history as to the students of Qing history. The book is very well written and throughout a pleasure to read. -- Wilt L. Idema * Nan Nu: Men, Women, & Gender in China * This study is not only of interest to students of traditional Chinese women's literature. It ranges over fields as widely apart as print culture, art history, social history and medical history. In each of these fields it shows a far more assertive participation of women than is commonly assumed. . . . Equally relevant to the students of Republican history as to the students of Qing history. The book is very well written and throughout a pleasure to read. -- Wilt L. Idema * Nan Nu: Men, Women, & Gender in China * Through women's own writings, Yang greatly expands our picture of gentry women's roles in Qing society. She shows how women used their writings, not just to seek literary immortality through publication, but to empower themselves and to reform and renew their society. . . . Binbin Yang has made a most valuable contribution to our understanding of late Qing social, literary and political history. * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) - Modern * Author InformationBinbin Yang is assistant professor of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |