Politics, Poetics, and Gender in Late Qing China - by Nanxiu Qian (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book examines the late Qing reforms from the perspective of the woman writer Xue Shaohui and her reform-minded colleagues, and thus offers a different and more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the reform era than any previous work, showing in particular that late Qing women reformers were not merely passive objects of male concern, but rather active, optimistic, autonomous, and self-sufficient agents of their own reform ideals.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This book examines the late Qing reforms from the perspective of the woman writer Xue Shaohui and her reform-minded colleagues, and thus offers a different and more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the reform era than any previous work, showing in particular that late Qing women reformers were not merely passive objects of male concern, but rather active, optimistic, autonomous, and self-sufficient agents of their own reform ideals.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Although Xue Shaohui is not yet a household name, I suspect that she would become one with the publication of this book. Opinionated, learned, and indefatigable, the visionary pioneer in women's education and journalism should be celebrated as a role model today, yet she is virtually unknown in and out of China. In restoring Xue to her rightful place in history and in explaining the reasons for her obsolescence, Nanxiu Qian has proved herself to be as erudite, tough-minded, and poetic as the heroine of her book.--Dorothy Ko "Columbia University"<br><br>Poetry and prose sensitively read, carefully annotated, and deftly translated provide a subjective perspective on such topics as the limitations of a masculine approach to cultural reform, China's accommodation of Western ideas and technologies, and the political imperatives of the era. This book is a must read for scholars in Chinese women's history, modern Chinese history, and Chinese literary history.--Joan Judge "York University"<br><br>Qian's study offers a sympathetic and nuanced portrayal of how an erudite woman brought up through a local yet cosmopolitan literary culture made the most of her learning, family connections, and capacity to adapt to the rapidly changing times in the late Qing....Joining other recent studies of classical poetry and literature in early twentiethcentury China, Nanxiu Qian's study has much to offer to students of late imperial and modern Chinese history, literature, and gender studies.--Ke Ren "<i>Frontiers of Literary Study in China</i>"<br><br>The author succeeds in presenting the story of Xue in the intellectual context of the time and challenging the traditional nationalist discourse on women's emancipation....The book will contribute to the fields of late Qing history and Chinese women's studies by helping readers rethink the tension between Chinese nationalism and feminism.--Guo Wu "<i>The Historian</i>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Nanxiu Qian is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at Rice University.
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