The Resource The phantom heroine : ghosts and gender in seventeenth-century Chinese literature, Judith T. Zeitlin
The phantom heroine : ghosts and gender in seventeenth-century Chinese literature, Judith T. Zeitlin
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- Summary
- The "phantom heroine"--In particular the fantasy of her resurrection through sex with a living man--is one of the most striking features of traditional Chinese literature. Even today the hypersexual female ghost continues to be a source of fascination in East Asian media, much like the sexually predatory vampire in American and European movies, TV, and novels. But while vampires can be of either gender, erotic Chinese ghosts are almost exclusively female. The significance of this gender asymmetry in Chinese literary history is the subject of Judith Zeitlin's elegantly written and meticulously researched new book. Zeitlin's study centers on the seventeenth century, one of the most interesting and creative periods of Chinese literature and politically one of the most traumatic, witnessing the overthrow of the Ming, the Manchu conquest, and the subsequent founding of the Qing. Drawing on fiction, drama, poetry, medical cases, and visual culture, the author departs from more traditional literary studies, which tend to focus on a single genre or author. Ranging widely across disciplines, she integrates detailed analyses of great literary works with insights drawn from the history of medicine, art history, comparative literature, anthropology, religion, and performance studies. The Phantom Heroine probes the complex literary and cultural roots of the Chinese ghost tradition. Zeitlin is the first to address its most remarkable feature: the phenomenon of verse attributed to phantom writers--that is, authors actually reputed to be spirits of the deceased. She also makes the case for the importance of lyric poetry in developing a ghostly aesthetics and image code. Most strikingly, Zeitlin shows that the representation of female ghosts, far from being a marginal preoccupation, expresses cultural concerns of central importance
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages)
- Contents
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- Note on citations and abbreviations
- Selected dynasties and periods
- Epigraphs
- The ghost's body
- The ghost's voice
- Ghosts and historical time
- Ghosts and theatricality
- Appendix: Selected list of major translated book and film titles
- Glossary
- Isbn
- 9780824864934
- Label
- The phantom heroine : ghosts and gender in seventeenth-century Chinese literature
- Title
- The phantom heroine
- Title remainder
- ghosts and gender in seventeenth-century Chinese literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Judith T. Zeitlin
- Title variation
- Ghosts and gender in seventeenth-century Chinese literature
- Subject
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- Chinese literature
- Chinese literature -- Ming dynasty
- Chinese literature -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- History and criticism
- Chinese literature -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Gender identity in literature
- 1368-1912
- Ghosts in literature
- Ghosts in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian | Chinese
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian | General
- Qing Dynasty (China)
- Gender identity in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The "phantom heroine"--In particular the fantasy of her resurrection through sex with a living man--is one of the most striking features of traditional Chinese literature. Even today the hypersexual female ghost continues to be a source of fascination in East Asian media, much like the sexually predatory vampire in American and European movies, TV, and novels. But while vampires can be of either gender, erotic Chinese ghosts are almost exclusively female. The significance of this gender asymmetry in Chinese literary history is the subject of Judith Zeitlin's elegantly written and meticulously researched new book. Zeitlin's study centers on the seventeenth century, one of the most interesting and creative periods of Chinese literature and politically one of the most traumatic, witnessing the overthrow of the Ming, the Manchu conquest, and the subsequent founding of the Qing. Drawing on fiction, drama, poetry, medical cases, and visual culture, the author departs from more traditional literary studies, which tend to focus on a single genre or author. Ranging widely across disciplines, she integrates detailed analyses of great literary works with insights drawn from the history of medicine, art history, comparative literature, anthropology, religion, and performance studies. The Phantom Heroine probes the complex literary and cultural roots of the Chinese ghost tradition. Zeitlin is the first to address its most remarkable feature: the phenomenon of verse attributed to phantom writers--that is, authors actually reputed to be spirits of the deceased. She also makes the case for the importance of lyric poetry in developing a ghostly aesthetics and image code. Most strikingly, Zeitlin shows that the representation of female ghosts, far from being a marginal preoccupation, expresses cultural concerns of central importance
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- 1958-
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- Zeitlin, Judith T.
- Government publication
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- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chinese literature
- Chinese literature
- Ghosts in literature
- Gender identity in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Chinese literature
- Chinese literature
- Gender identity in literature
- Ghosts in literature
- Qing Dynasty (China)
- Label
- The phantom heroine : ghosts and gender in seventeenth-century Chinese literature, Judith T. Zeitlin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-282) and index
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- online resource
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- multicolored
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Note on citations and abbreviations -- Selected dynasties and periods -- Epigraphs -- The ghost's body -- The ghost's voice -- Ghosts and historical time -- Ghosts and theatricality -- Appendix: Selected list of major translated book and film titles -- Glossary
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- ocn256792191
- Dimensions
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- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824864934
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62tr6f
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
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- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)256792191
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The phantom heroine : ghosts and gender in seventeenth-century Chinese literature, Judith T. Zeitlin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-282) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Note on citations and abbreviations -- Selected dynasties and periods -- Epigraphs -- The ghost's body -- The ghost's voice -- Ghosts and historical time -- Ghosts and theatricality -- Appendix: Selected list of major translated book and film titles -- Glossary
- Control code
- ocn256792191
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824864934
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62tr6f
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)256792191
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Chinese literature
- Chinese literature -- Ming dynasty
- Chinese literature -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- History and criticism
- Chinese literature -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Gender identity in literature
- 1368-1912
- Ghosts in literature
- Ghosts in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian | Chinese
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian | General
- Qing Dynasty (China)
- Gender identity in literature
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