The image of woman in Dream of the Red Chamber. The construction and transgression of gender
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https://doi.org/10.7203/qdfed.23.13443Keywords:
Dream of the Red Chamber, women images, gender, yin and yang, ConfucianismAbstract
In this paper we propose a reflection about how the elite women image is build in Dream of the Red Chamber through the twelve beauties’ group, in order to analyze Baoyu and Xifeng, the two protagonists who question and transgress the boundaries of the category of gender. It will be taking on account both, feminist theories, which deal with the gender concept, and the though system that shaped the female nature within the Chinese tradition.
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