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The emerging of "female citizen": The subject identity of modern Chinese women through literary practices |
QIAO Yigang1(), LIU Kun2 |
1. Department of Chinese Language and Literature, College of Literature, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; 2. Department of Chinese Language and Literature, College of Literature, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China |
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Abstract The construction of “citizen-state” relations in the intellectual world of modern China and the establishment of individual citizenship in political discourse have opened up a political and discourse sphere for modern women to strive for new identities, wherein some intellectually advanced women have managed to establish their individual identity as “female citizen” by carrying the debate on the relationship between women and the state with regard to their rights and responsibilities, and on the relationship between gender role and citizenship. Though the idea of “female citizen” was not provided with a political theory of practical significance, the subject identity of women, however, was repeatedly spoken about and strengthened in brand-new literary practices, resulting in a dynamic discourse of “female citizen”; in the meantime, disagreements concerning the concepts of “female rights,” “civil rights,” and “natural rights” have all helped create significant tension inside the related discourse sphere.
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Keywords
female citizens
modern China
female subject identity
literary practices
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Corresponding Author(s):
QIAO Yigang,Email:qiaoyigang@nankai.edu.cn
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Issue Date: 05 March 2009
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