Five Gems in the Torrent: Historical Portrayals of Chinese Women in Sound and Religion

Yuchi Che ()
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Yuchi Che: Field Education Intern at IPSEC via Harvard Divinity School

No 115, Proceedings of Harvard Square Symposium, The Future of Knowledge, April 29-30, 2016 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: In the long history of the patriarchal culture of China, women were consistently stigmatized as naïve. What made this situation worse was the mentality that, a woman who lacks talent is a virtuous woman a famous quote, which had became the standard to measure the qualities of a woman. This portrayal was quite permanent throughout the cultural history of China, as even today, this stereotype is still prominent in the poor, rural, and illiterate areas of China. This paper highlights in a chronological fashion the portrayal of the woman in the Chinese culture through sound, music, religion, and mythology.

Keywords: China; woman; sound; religion; Communism; Nuwa; Pangu; Mulan; Confucianism; Lao Tsu (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2016
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Published in Conference proceedings The Future of Knowledge, 29-30 April 2016, pages 235-247

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