Gendering the Nation: The Proliferation of Images of Zhen Fei (1876-1900) and Sai Jinhua (1872-1936) in Late Qing and Republican China.
This paper analyzes the historical trajectories of the images of Zhen Fei and Sai Jinhua, who rose from an obscure royal concubine and an infamous prostitute, respectively, to become androgynous national heroines in wartime China. The study exposes the construction and the fictional elements of thes...
| Published in: | NAN NU -- Men, Women & Gender in Early & Imperial China Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1 - 65 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
Jun2009
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