Naming Men: The Evolution of Patriarchal Critique in 20th-Century Women's Literature

Author: Li Youliang
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features:
· Women Have No Truth
· Women Not Only Live in the Reality of Patriarchy but Also in the Writing of Male Discourse
· Women's History Becomes a History of Men's Description and Interpretation of Women
· The Prolonged Patriarchal System Makes All Speech About Women Centered Around the Interests of Male Subjects
· Patriarchal Cultural Traditions Discriminate Against and Oppress Women in All Aspects of Real Life, in Every Corner
· The Modern Women's Liberation Movement that Began in the Early 20th Century Unfolded a New Page of Resistance Against Patriarchal Rule
· In the History of 20th-Century Women's Literature That Unfolded From This, the Consciousness of Criticizing Patriarchy Constituted the Central Thread of New Women's Consciousness
This book aims to review and organize the cries, questions, sighs, and self-talk of 20th-century Chinese women in the special space of literature. It focuses on exploring how they broke through and resisted in the face of male dominance, and how they shaped the fate of men in different realms of mundane reality and supreme love, constructing their own ideals of womanhood. In a word, it explores how to name men.