TY - BOOK AU - Stevenson,Mark J. AU - Wu,Cuncun TI - Wanton women in late-imperial Chinese literature: models, genres, subversions and traditions T2 - Women and gender in China studies SN - 9789004340626 AV - PL2296 .W36 2017 U1 - 895.109/0046 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Chinese fiction KW - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 KW - History and criticism KW - Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 KW - Women in literature KW - Sex (Psychology) in literature KW - Women KW - China KW - History KW - Sex role KW - fast KW - Ming dynasty KW - Qing Dynasty (China) KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Preliminary Material --; Wanton Women in Late-Imperial Chinese Literature: Models, Genres, Subversions and Traditions; Mark Stevenson --; The Polyandrous Empress: Imperial Women and their Male Favorites; Keith McMahon --; The Male Homoerotic Wanton Woman in Late Ming Fiction; Mark Stevenson --; Musical Seductresses, Chauvinistic Men, and Their Erotic Kunqu Discourse; Joseph Lam --; Late Ming Urban Life and Wanton Women in Huang Fangyin’s Short Plays; Cuncun Wu --; Wanton, but not Bad: Women in Feng Menglong’s Mountain Songs; Yasushi Ôki --; Turning the Authorial Table: Women Writing Wanton Women, Shame, and Jealousy in Two Qing Tanci; Maram Epstein --; Gossip, Scandal, and the Wanton Woman in Chinese Song-cycles; Anne McLaren --; Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - The contributors to Wanton Women in Late-Imperial Chinese Literature: Models, Genres, Subversions and Traditions draw attention to ‘wanton woman’ themes across time as they were portrayed in court history (McMahon), fiction (Stevenson), drama (Lam, Wu), and songs and ballads (Ôki, Epstein, McLaren). Looking back, the essays challenge us with views of sexual transgression that are more heterogeneous than modern popular focus on Pan Jinlian would suggest. Central among the many insights to be found is that despite gender performance in Chinese history being overwhelmingly determined by the needs of patriarchal authority, men and women in the late imperial period discovered diverse ways in which to reflect on how men constantly sought their own bearings in reference to women UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004340626 ER -