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Bodies in China: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Gender, and PoliticsBodies in China: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Gender, and Politics

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Bodies in China: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Gender, and Politics

Eva Kit Wah Man
US $52.00
publisher date
2016/11
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isbn
9789629967857
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book format
PDF
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publisher name
香港中文大學出版社
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人文社科 > 政治 > 中國及亞洲研究
“This is a highly interdisciplinary work that deals with the issues from philosophical, historical, literary, cinematic, and post-colonial perspectives.Bodies in Chinaexplores a wide range of subjects seldom studied in comparative philosophy and Chinese feminist thought. First, it takes female bodies in Chinese context as the foci to discuss a different conceptual model for replacing a Cartesian dualistic model; secondly, it offers a variety of interesting materials, sources, and cases studies as cross-references to build up the ground for a further study of traditional value and contemporary practice; and thirdly, it has engaged Chinese philosophy as a critical intervention to reframe existing scholarship in different gender issues and aesthetics.” ROBIN R. WANG, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, USABodies in Chinauses Chinese philosophy to reframe Western scholarship on gender, body, and aesthetics. Does Confucianism rule out the capacity of women as moral subjects and hence as aesthetic subjects? Do forms of Chinese philosophy contribute or correspond to patriarchal Confucian culture? Can Chinese philosophy provide alternative perspectives for Western feminist scholars? The first section considers theoretical and philosophical discussions of Western traditions and how the ideas offered by Confucians and Daoists can provide alternative body ontologies for critical feminist practices. The second section reviews female aesthetical representations ranging fromThe Book of Songsto the work of the controversial body artist He Chengyao. The third section traces changing perceptions of femininity from imperial to its current cosmopolitan era using a range of case studies including Ming dynasty literature, Hong Kong women’s fashion in the 1960s, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Overall, this book discusses new conceptual models that feminist scholars are using to displace dualism and emancipate notions of the body from Cartesian models and metaphors.

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Eva Kit Wah Man
Eva Kit Wah Man is professor of humanities and creative writing at Hong Kong Baptist University. She publishes widely in comparative aesthetics, feminist philosophy, cultural studies, art, and cultural criticism.She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and was named the AMUW Woman Chair by Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

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