Gendered Words : Sentiments and Expression in Changing Rural China /

This is the first ethnography to explore the world's only gender-defined and now disappearing 'women's script', known as nüshu, script circulated exclusively in Jiangyong County of Hunan Province in south China. Based on twenty years of fieldwork conducted since 1992, this book u...

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Main Author:	Liu, Feimin (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Language and sex > China. Chinese language > Sex differences. Chinese language > Terms and phrases. Chinese language > Foreign elements. Grammar, Comparative and general > Gender. Figures of speech. Langage et sexualité > Chine. Chinois (Langue) > Différences entre sexes. Chinois (Langue) > Emprunts. Genre (Linguistique) FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Southeast Asian Languages. Chinese language Chinese language > Foreign elements Figures of speech Grammar, Comparative and general > Gender Language and sex China Electronic books. dictionaries. Dictionaries Dictionaries. Dictionnaires.
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Summary:	This is the first ethnography to explore the world's only gender-defined and now disappearing 'women's script', known as nüshu, script circulated exclusively in Jiangyong County of Hunan Province in south China. Based on twenty years of fieldwork conducted since 1992, this book uses nüshu in conjunction with its affiliated singing tradition nüge (women's song), complemented by a life narrative approach, to unfold peasant women's lifeworlds that constitute a summation of shifting realities that engage women's voice (sentiments and perspectives), expression/performance, and practice.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780190210410 0190210419 9780190210427 0190210427