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As a cultural construct, gender is fictional and imagined, yet gender is also real in its ideological and representational effects on the formation of self and identity. The fiction behind the fictional, which many accept as truth, is what's most intriguing. Critiquing the fictive nature of socially accepted gender values, this volume unravels the strategies writers and filmmakers adopt in their (de)construction of the gendered self in three different Chinese communities: mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Writing from the vantage points of film, literature, and gender studies, contributors adapt western gender discourse to map the construction and representation of self and identity in the social contexts of contemporary China.
The Chinese University Press
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reviewed Gender, Discourse, and the Self in Literature: Issues in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong on November 14, 2013
Gender, Discourse, and the Self in Literature: Issues in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
A beautiful and extremely informative book!! Michael Olmert's The Smithsonian Book of Books is a treasure chest for bibliophiles and anyone interested in books in any way. The author begins discussing scrolls and scribes and includes illustratrations from the pre-history to 1992 (copyright date). A 23,000 year old missing Koran printed in Arabic was found by Fra Vittorino Meneghin, abbot of Franciscan Monastery of San Michele in Isola which is across "the lagoon" from Venice in the monastery's cloister library in the late 80s. This rare book is called the 'Paganini Koran'. The author relates that this Koran was printed by a Christian for "Eastern eyes only" as the printing press had not arrived in Eastern countries yet. Also included in this stunning book is a page of Beowulf, the epic Anglo-Saxon poem which was "transcribed by a monk about the year 1000". The animated narrative of the author keeps company with striking illustrations and photographs. Discussions of ancient printers to modern ones is fascinating.
The author includes information on a bookmaker's craft - printing, bookbinding, illustratrations, children's books, bookplates, and the book trade. This book belongs in any bibliophile's library. Very highly recommended. 5 stars.
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