TY - BOOK
T1 - Narrating Self and China
T2 - Women’s Autobiography in Early Twentieth Century China
AU - Kristensen, Irina
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The present dissertation investigates three self
-
narratives written by Chinese women autobiographers
in the first
half of
the twentieth century.
Written
with foreign audience in mind, these narratives
provide a range of Chinese female images aiming to contest the predominant Western stereotypes
about China and its people.
Thus this study explores
the questions of how
these women writers adopted the roles of cultural
interpreters, which allowed them to position themselves as authoritative and representative voices
and, at the same time, rejuvenate China’s image in the global arena
AB - The present dissertation investigates three self
-
narratives written by Chinese women autobiographers
in the first
half of
the twentieth century.
Written
with foreign audience in mind, these narratives
provide a range of Chinese female images aiming to contest the predominant Western stereotypes
about China and its people.
Thus this study explores
the questions of how
these women writers adopted the roles of cultural
interpreters, which allowed them to position themselves as authoritative and representative voices
and, at the same time, rejuvenate China’s image in the global arena
M3 - Ph.D. thesis
BT - Narrating Self and China
PB - Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet
ER -