Bodies in China
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-6636-1 (ISBN)
Bodies in China uses Chinese philosophy to reframe Western scholarship on gender, body, and aesthetics. Does Confucianism rule out the capacity of women as moral subjects and hence as aesthetic subjects? Do forms of Chinese philosophy contribute or correspond to patriarchal Confucian culture? Can Chinese philosophy provide alternative perspectives for Western feminist scholars? The first section considers theoretical and philosophical discussions of Western traditions and how the ideas offered by Confucians and Daoists can provide alternative body ontologies for critical feminist practices. The second section reviews female aesthetical representations ranging from The Book of Songs to the work of the controversial body artist He Chengyao. The third section traces changing perceptions of femininity from imperial to its current cosmopolitan era using a range of case studies including Ming dynasty literature, Hong Kong women's fashion in the 1960s, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Overall, this book discusses new conceptual models that feminist scholars are using to displace dualism and emancipate notions of the body from Cartesian models and metaphors.
Eva Kit Wah Man is Professor of Humanities and Creative Writing at Hong Kong Baptist University. She publishes widely in comparative aesthetics, feminist philosophy, cultural studies, art, and cultural criticism. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and was named the AMUW Woman Chair by Marquette University.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Body Discourses in Chinese Philosophy
1. Contemporary Feminist Body Theories and Mencius’ Ideas of Body and Mind
2. Chinese Philosophy and the Suggestion of a Matriarchal Aesthetics
3. Reclaiming the Body: Francis Bacon’s Fugitive Bodies and Confucian Aesthetics on Bodily Expression
Part II. Body Aesthetics and Art
4. Discourses on Female Bodily Aesthetics and Their Early Revelations in The Book of Songs
5. Reflections on Traditional Chinese Women’s Embroidery: The Subject of Bodily Expression, Gender Identity, and Fashion
6. Kissing in Chinese Culture
7. Expression Extreme and History Trauma in Women’s Body Art in China: The Case of He Chengyao
8. Notes on a Chinese Garden: Comparative Responses to Arnold Berleant’s Environmental Aesthetics
Part III. Body and Gender Matters
9. Female Bodily Aesthetics, Politics, and Feminine Ideals of Beauty in Chinese Traditions
10. Beauty and the State: Literati Fantasy, Iron Girls, and the Olympics Hoopla
11. Psychoanalysis and Women’s Physiology and Psychopathology in Feudal China: A Case Study by Pan Guangdan
12. Fashioning Body: Hong Kong Chinese Women, Fashion, and Identity Issues of the Sixties
13. Sex and Emotion: The Representation of Chinese Female Sex Workers in Recent Discourses and the Cosmopolitan Context
Appendix: Images
List of Permissions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.12.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 22 |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 227 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4384-6636-6 / 1438466366 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-6636-1 / 9781438466361 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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