Crossing Boundaries and Confounding Identity: Chinese Women in Literature, Art, and Film

Examines literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of Chinese women, across centuries and continents.

Crossing Borders and Confounding Identity advances our understanding of the diversity of Chinese women's experiences and achievements, from the Han Dynasty to the present. With a particular emphasis on literature and the arts, the chapters offer insights into the work of current Chinese women artists as well as literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of women and women's issues. Ta...