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Female Cross-Dressing in Chinese Literature Classics and their English Versions

Author(s) -

Anna Wing Bo Tso

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international studies interdisciplinary political and cultural journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2300-8695

pISSN - 1641-4233

DOI - 10.2478/ipcj-2014-0008

Subject(s) - ideology , ambiguity , ballad , cross cultural , literature , art , gender studies , sociology , psychology , aesthetics , linguistics , philosophy , anthropology , political science , politics , poetry , law

Cross-dressing, as a cultural practice, suggests gender ambiguity and allows freedom of self expression. Yet, it may also serve to reaffirm ideological stereotypes and the binary distinctions between male and female, masculine and feminine, homosexual and heterosexual. To explore the nature and function of cross-dressing in Chinese and Western cultures, this paper analyzes the portrayals of cross-dressing heroines in two Chinese stories: 《木木木》 The Ballad of Mulan (500–600 A.D.), and 《台》The Butterfly Lovers (850–880 A.D.). Distorted representations in the English translated texts are also explored

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