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- Title
CROSS--DRESSING AND OTHER DISGUISES IN ZAISHENG YUAN.
- Authors
Ying Zhou
- Abstract
The article examines the depiction of cross-dressing in the work "Zaisheng yuan" ("Karmic Bonds of Reincarnation") by Chinese author Chen Duansheng. The author explains the book's association with the tanci genre of fiction, which often utilized cross-dressed heroines. The way in which "Zaisheng" challenges China's late imperial patriarchal system through the subversion of gender and class norms is emphasized.
- Subjects
CHINA; CHEN Duansheng; ZAISHENG yuan (Book); CROSS-dressing in literature; CHINESE literature; LITERARY criticism; SOCIAL structure; PATRIARCHY
- Publication
Late Imperial China, 2012, Vol 33, Issue 2, p119
- ISSN
0884-3236
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/late.2012.a494428