Imagining sisterhood in modern Chinese texts, 1890-1937

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Introduction: gender, nation, subjectivities, and the discourse on sisterhood in modern China -- The emergence of the "women's sphere" and the promotion of sisterhood in the Late Qing -- From dual slaves to liberty flowers: the feminist-nationalist spectrum of sisterhood in Stones of the jingwei bird and Chivalric beauties -- Is blood always thicker than water? rival sisters and the tensions of modernity -- Cosmopolitan bourgeois sisterhood and the ambiguities of female-centeredness in Lin Loon magazine (1931-1937) -- Sisterly lovers in women's fiction and the potential of "nondevelopment" as a feminist intervention -- Conclusion.  Read more... Introduction: Gender, Nation, Subjectivities, and the Discourse on Sisterhood in Modern ChinaChapter 1 The Emergence of the "Women's Sphere" and the Promotion of Sisterhood in the Late QingChapter 2 From Dual Slaves to Liberty Flowers: The Feminist-Nationalist Spectrum of Sisterhood in Stones of the Jingwei Bird and Chivalric BeautiesChapter 3 Is Blood Always Thicker than Water? Rival Sisters and the Tensions of ModernityChapter 4 Cosmopolitan Bourgeois Sisterhood and the Ambiguities of Female-Centeredness in Lin Loon Magazine (1931-1937)Chapter 5 Sisterly Lovers in Women's Fiction and the Potential of "Nondevelopment" as a Feminist InterventionConclusion