Wanton women in late-imperial Chinese literature : models, genres, subversions and traditions /

"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, E...

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Other Authors:	Stevenson, Mark J. (Mark Jeffrey) (Editor), Wu, Cuncun (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Series:	Women and gender in China studies ; volume 8
Subjects:	1368-1912 Chinese fiction > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > History and criticism. Chinese fiction > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > History and criticism. Women in literature. Sex (Psychology) in literature. Women > China > History. Sex role > China > History. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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Table of Contents:

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 / Wu Cuncun
Wanton, but not bad : women in Feng Menglong's Mountain songs / Yasushi Oki
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.