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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Selected Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms
Abbreviations
Selected Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms
Introduction
Context: Funü and Nüxing before the Mao Era
Funü and the Women’s Liberation Movement in the Mao Era
Funü and the Gender Project of the Mao Era
Feminist Evaluation of the Maoist Women’s Liberation Movement
Nüxing and Post-Mao Gender Discourses
China’s Neoliberal Transition and the Diversification of Gender Discourse
Feminist Studies of Women’s Lives in the Mao Era
Feminist Theorizing on Gender and Chinese Context
Gender (as) Project and Subversion Strategy
Gender and Narrative
Telling and Retelling: Narrating beyond the Ending
Hybrid Language, Code Switching, and Alternative Storytelling
Research Process and Data
Voice, Representation, and Interpretation
Chapter 1 Born into the Mao Era: Lin’s Life Story
Context: The Class System in the Mao Era
Lin’s Life Story
Outline
Between Jiatingfunü Nainai and Maoist Funü Mother
Class Identification
Gender Identification
From Funü to Nüxing: Negotiation and Revision
The Storytelling
Suku as a Master Script
Women and Suku
The Narrative Structure of Suku
The Operation of Suku in Lin’s Life Story
Telling and Retelling
Conclusion
Chapter 2 The Shaming of Funü: Dong’s Life Story
Context: The Rural–Urban Divide in China
Dong’s Life Story
Outline
“Women’s Day” and the Funü Subject
Experiencing Shame: the Story of PLA Sneakers
Gender, Shame, and Clothing
Shifting Relations: Gender, Clothes, and Shame
Free from Shame?
Free from Shame: Feng’s Story
Free from Shame Revisited
The Storytelling: Fangyan and a Story of Desire
Conclusion
Chapter 3 I Am a Rock: Shitou’s Life Story
Context: Female Same-Sex Desire in China
Shitou’s Life Story
Outline
Being a Different “Woman”
Female Bonding and Self-Discovery
Recovering “Herstory”
Signifying “Chinese” Lesbians
The Storytelling
Telling and Retelling: Beyond the Coming Out Narrative
Contesting Heterosexual Language
Between the Un/Speakable and the In/Visible
Maoist Legacy and Queer Geopolitics
Chapter 4 The Cosmopolitan Daughter of Funü: Anne’s Life Story
Context: Economic Reform and Transnational Experiences
Anne’s Life Story
Outline
The Three Key Figures
Mother: The Ideal Woman Who Bridges the Mao and Post-Mao Eras
Laolao, the “Traditional Chinese Woman”
Father: The Symbol of Maoist Authoritarianism
Transnational Experience: From “Communist Heaven” to “Capitalist Hell”
Constructing a Cosmopolitan Nüxing Identity
The Meaning of Life and the End of the Desiring Subject
The Storytelling: Hybrid Language and the Cosmopolitan Female Subjectivity
The “Cosmopolitan” Mandarin and Hybrid Language
Code Switching, English, and Cosmopolitan Identities
Gender and Code Switching
Conclusion
Conclusion The Gender Legacy of the Mao Era and Contemporary Feminist Struggles
Appendix List of Participants
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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