A feminist brave new world : the cultural revolution model theater revisited

A feminist brave new world : the cultural revolution model theater revisited

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Main Author: Bai, Di
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 1997
Subjects:
women
liberation
CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Chinese
MODEL THEATER
Qiu Jin
CCP
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1129217899
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu11292178992021-08-03T05:50:17Z A feminist brave new world : the cultural revolution model theater revisited Bai, Di women liberation CULTURAL REVOLUTION Chinese MODEL THEATER Qiu Jin CCP <p>The “model theater” produced during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China (1965-1976) is generally viewed as the dead-end of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s political and ideological appropriation of art, or as an artistic weapon serving the Party’s propagandistic purposes. This dissertation proposes a revisionist reading of model theater’s position in China’s cultural history, and asserts its significance in subverting hegemonic Party ideology.</p> <p>Through a close reading of its texts, this study argues that model theater is, in its cultural essence, a feminist literary production. Its feminism lies in its systematic construction of heroic women’s images against the background of CCP history, and it lies in its strategic appropriation of class and political identities to escape subordinate gender identities. Within a discourse of class struggle, model theater creates a feminist utopia where androgyny and a womanhood – <i>ci</i> , the social form in which women can have an ungendered identity, are very much prevalent.</p> 1997 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1129217899 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1129217899 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic women
liberation
CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Chinese
MODEL THEATER
Qiu Jin
CCP
spellingShingle women
liberation
CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Chinese
MODEL THEATER
Qiu Jin
CCP
Bai, Di
A feminist brave new world : the cultural revolution model theater revisited
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