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Construction of womanhood in confucian texts for girls

Fang, Xiangshu 2012, Construction of womanhood in confucian texts for girls, Studies in literature and language, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 78-82.

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Title Construction of womanhood in confucian texts for girls
Author(s) Fang, Xiangshu
Journal name Studies in literature and language
Volume number 5
Issue number 2
Start page 78
End page 82
Total pages 5
Publisher Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
Place of publication Quebec, Canada
Publication date 2012-11-02
ISSN 1923-1555
1923-1563
Keyword(s) Confucianism
moral education
chastity
filial piety
gender
Summary An investigation in the construction of womanhood in Confucian texts is important to our understanding of the cry for social and economic equality for women in the twentieth century, yet little has been done to analyse the didactic nature of these texts. In pre-modern China, women were expected to demonstrate obedience to male members of the family at every stage of life. As children, girls were required to obey their fathers; as wives, women were required to obey their husbands; and as widows, women were required to obey their adult sons. At no point in her life, according to the Confucian view, was a woman expected to function as an autonomous being, free of male control. This study examines major Confucian texts for girls in order to shed light on their nature of the repressive social hierarchy dominated by males.
Language eng
Field of Research 200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality
169901 Gender Specific Studies
Socio Economic Objective 939903 Equity and Access to Education
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30049424

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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