Fiction's family
Subtitle: Zhan Xi, Zhan Kai, and the business of women in late-Qing China
By: Ellen Widmer
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series -- 99; Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series -- 99.
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780674088375
Subjects: History; Family; Publishers and publishing; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Social conditions; Women and literature; Chinese literature; Women in literature; Women
Description: "Explores the writings of one western Zhejiang literary family whose works were emblematic of shifting attitudes towards women. Placing this family at the center of this study, the author illuminates the bridge between the late Qing and the previous period, the interplay of genres during the family's lifetimes, and the interaction of Shanghai publishing with other regions"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.