Nationalist and Anti-Nationalist Feminist Discourses in Late Imperial China

WANG Lang

doi:10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20203304

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WANG Lang. Nationalist and Anti-Nationalist Feminist Discourses in Late Imperial China[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2020, 3(3): 469-489. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20203304

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WANG Lang. Nationalist and Anti-Nationalist Feminist Discourses in Late Imperial China[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2020, 3(3): 469-489. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20203304

WANG Lang. Nationalist and Anti-Nationalist Feminist Discourses in Late Imperial China[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2020, 3(3): 469-489. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20203304

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WANG Lang. Nationalist and Anti-Nationalist Feminist Discourses in Late Imperial China[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2020, 3(3): 469-489. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20203304

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Nationalist and Anti-Nationalist Feminist Discourses in Late Imperial China

doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20203304

WANG Lang

Purdue University

Received Date: 2020-03-12
Rev Recd Date: 2020-07-08
Publish Date: 2021-03-09

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Abstract

With the spread of Western ideals that valorize gender equality and the popularization of women's education in late imperial China, feminism advanced with unprecedented impact. Qiu Jin 秋瑾 (1877-1907), who espoused nationalism, became the most famous feminist in that era. Previous scholarship has popularly understood early Chinese feminism as nationalistic and acknowledged the subordination of women's liberation movements to the project of national emancipation. This well-known assertion does not take into consideration the anarcho-feminism championed by He Zhen何震 (1886-1920?). The nationalist feminist discourse advocated by Qiu Jin and the emerging anarcho-feminist discourse endorsed by He Zhen reveal essential truths about the relationship between woman, state, and the larger world. A comparative study of Qiu Jin and He Zhen's feminist thought illuminates the internal conflicts and insights inside early Chinese feminism and is explicative of the ensuing evolution of Chinese feminist thought. This study aims to present the panoramic and pluralistic landscape of early Chinese feminism in late imperial China.
- anarchism,
- Chinese feminism,
- nationalism,
- He Zhen,
- Qiu Jin

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