The heroine's journey : representing female desire and self in premodern Chinese romance
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation examines the evolution of the caizi-jiaren mode, and ideas about the self, gender, and ethics exhibited in it. My investigation will cover a broad range of texts spanning from the ninth century through the eighteenth century--from Tang chuanqi tales, through Ming-Qing drama, fiction, and tanci--aiming to show how the conventions of romance address cultural and ideological changes, and participate in broader social discourses. I argue that the heroine's quest for love and self is always part of a larger cultural project, fostered by a questioning and new awareness of the place of the individual within the social matrix. I read these romances in the light of the more dynamic modes of gender and desire, with a focus on the working of desire as a dialogue with moral systems and public power, and gender's relation to cultural expression.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Zou Ying |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. |
| Primary advisor | Wang, John |
| Primary advisor | Zhou, Yiqun, 1971- |
| Thesis advisor | Wang, John |
| Thesis advisor | Zhou, Yiqun, 1971- |
| Thesis advisor | Wang, Ban, 1957- |
| Advisor | Wang, Ban, 1957- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Zou Ying. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. |
| Thesis | Ph.D. Stanford University 2010 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2010 by Zou Ying
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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