Gender in Cross-Cultural Encounters: Orientalism and Self-Orientalisation in Chinese-Language Young Adult Fiction.
In this article, we read and analyse selected young adult novels by Chinese-German author Wei Cheng that address the dilemmas faced by young female Chinese immigrants in Western countries. The aim is to explore the ways in which the construction of femininity and gender are inextricably bound up wit...
| Publicado en: | Children's Literature in Education Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 238 - 256 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=185303901&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 185303901 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00456713 CLE jtl: Children's Literature in Education issn: 00456713 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2025 vid: 56 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 185303901 10.1007/s10583-024-09582-y ppf: 238 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 747KB tig: atl: Gender in Cross-Cultural Encounters: Orientalism and Self-Orientalisation in Chinese-Language Young Adult Fiction. aug: au: Shen, Lisa Chu Chen, Xianghong affil: https://ror.org/01bn89z48 School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China https://ror.org/055vj5234 School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China su: Orientalism Immigrants Wei Cheng Postcolonialism Masculinity Power (Social sciences) sug: subj: Orientalism Immigrants Wei Cheng Postcolonialism Masculinity Power (Social sciences) keyword: China Communication and Culture Cultural Studies Studies in Human Society Sociology Other Studies In Human Society Feminism Gender Language Self-orientalisation Young adult fiction ab: In this article, we read and analyse selected young adult novels by Chinese-German author Wei Cheng that address the dilemmas faced by young female Chinese immigrants in Western countries. The aim is to explore the ways in which the construction of femininity and gender are inextricably bound up with categories of race and ethnicity in China-West encounters, and to probe the dynamics of such encounters embedded in the larger socio-political power structures. Through a critical analysis of the representation of Chinese femininity vis-à-vis Western masculinity, the essay interrogates the workings of the "Orientalist gaze" in relation to patriarchy and gender politics. The portrayals of the cross-racial encounter in Shaonv de Hong Chenyi (The Girl's Red T-Shirt), which reiterate received ideas about the Orient, may be read as a product of self-Orientalisation, where the intriguing position of the adolescent Chinese girl prompts a rethinking of postcolonial gendered subjectivities. While self-Orientalisation may work to legitimate the discourse of Orientalism, the reading of Shaonv de Hong Faqia (The Girl's Red Hairpin) reveals the ways in which self-Orientalisation could function as strategic essentialism that allows the female "Oriental" Other to gaze back and stand Orientalism on its head. The marriage between gendered and postcolonial approaches to children's and young adult texts promises to act as a crucial intervention in the global struggle against hegemony. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Children's Literature in Education is a copyright of Springer, 2025. All Rights Reserved. item: Children's Literature in Education holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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