Personal Matters: Women's Autobiographical Practice in Twentieth-Century China

by Lingzhen Wang

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This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to women's autobiographical writing in twentieth-century China. The author applies feminist insights to works by such well-known authors as Qiu Jin, Bing Xin, Ding Ling, and Wang Anyi and to works by other, lesser-known writers. Throughout, these writings are analyzed in relation to the discourses of modernity--nationalism, revolution, socialism, and market commodification--that have dominated modern...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:080475005X

ISBN13:9780804750059

Release Date:August 2004

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.18 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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