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ISBN 10: 0190210419
ISBN 13: 9780190210410
Author: Fei wen Liu
Gendered Words Sentiments and Expression in Changing Rural China 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Discovery and Encounter
Discovering Nüshu
Jiangyong
Doing Fieldwork in China
First Encounter
Taking Up Residence at Heyuan Village
Becoming Sworn Sisters
From Nüshu and Nüge to Life Narratives
Research Subjects
Chapter 2. Text and Practice
Nüshu, Nüge, and Women’s Lifeworlds
Sworn Sisterhood
Wedding Performance
Biographical Laments
Worship Verses
Narratives
Transcriptions of Male-Authored Literature
A Genre for “Lamenting One’s Miseries”
Origins and History
The Demise and Revival of Nüshu and Nüge
Nüshu Scholarship
Writing Subject, Singing Protagonist
Life Narratives
Chapter 3. Tang Baozhen: I Sing and Therefore I Am and Become
Composing Biographical Nüge
Swearing Sisterhood
Sisterhood Letters: Consolation and Commiseration
Structural Impingements
Sanzhaoshu: Text and Performance
From Social to Supernatural
Conclusions
Chapter 4. He Yanxin: Calling and Recalling the Sentiments of Nüshu
Growing Up
Learning Nüshu from Grandma
A Mother’s Sorrow and Sadness
Marital Life
Participating in a Nüshu Scholar’s Field Research
Disclosure
The Last Traditionally Trained Nüshu Writer
Conclusions
chapter 5. Hu Xinkui: Child Bride, Party Cadre, Housewife
A Mother’s Widowhood
Performing Bridal Laments
Being a Child Bride
Director of Women’s Affairs
Caught Between a Husband and a Brother
Remarriage
Toiling, Working, and Working Harder
Conclusions
Chapter 6. Hu Meiyue: Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity
Learning Nüshu as a Child
Participant Observation of Nüshu Research
Emerging as a Nüshu Transmitter
Practice
Can’t Bear to Write
Nüshu in Contemporary Society: Dilemmas and Challenges
Conclusions
Chapter 7. Conclusions: Subjectivity, Expression and Prospects
Women’s Selves and Subjectivities
Expressive Depths: Performance, Genre, and Expressive Horizon
Sentiments: Expressive, Performative, and Transformative
Whither Nüshu: New Poetics and Changing Cultural Politics
Appendix 1 Widowhood in Local Gazetteers
Appendix 2 Literacy, Gender, and Class
Appendix 3 Dialogic Lamentation with the Bride
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