{"id":1546,"date":"2013-01-15T10:30:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T02:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2013-02-18T17:31:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T09:31:53","slug":"li-guo-on-dissertation-reviews-talking-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1546","title":{"rendered":"Li Guo on Dissertation Reviews Talking Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dissertation Reviews <\/a>has posted Li Guo<\/a>‘s “Talking Shop” article “The Promise and Perils of Feminist Criticism in Chinese Studies<\/a>.” Here\u2019s how it begins:<\/p>\n

A few days ago, I was chatting with a colleague on the subject of reading Peacocks Flying Southeast\u00a0 <\/em>\u5b54 \u96c0\u6771\u5357\u98db (1935), a tragedy about love and marriage in a feudal family, written by a female playwright Yuan Changying\u00a0 \u8881\u660c\u82f1 (1894-1973). \u201cI guess I am not a good critical reader,\u201d I said. \u201cWhy so?\u201d my colleague asked. \u201cI read with too much sympathy,\u201d was my response. This seemingly small topic subsequently triggered a series of discussions on what constitutes ethical readership. Can there be a genuinely compassionate reading that does not exclude reason, a self-reflexive sympathy that embraces a critical stance and actively negotiates the axes of differences in gender, sexuality, and social class? As a feminist researcher with a scholarly interest in late imperial and modern Chinese women\u2019s writings, I found myself preoccupied with the following questions: While working with historical and contemporary women authors who endeavor to deliver their inner feelings through sincere self-portrayal, can a researcher of such topics succeed in locating himself\/herself in a socio-historical situation of sincerity? How do we re-assess the researcher\u2019s role? Is it that of a competent agent maintaining an ethical understanding of their objects of study, or is the researcher one who stands in a responsible relationship with authors in the past? \u00a0Can an ethical researcher maintain a simultaneously critical and sympathetic stance as a reader?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here <\/a>for the whole piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dissertation Reviews has posted Li Guo‘s “Talking Shop” article “The Promise and Perils of Feminist Criticism in Chinese Studies.” Here\u2019s how it begins: A few days ago, I was chatting with a colleague on the subject of reading Peacocks Flying … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[623,3,16],"tags":[1656,908,909],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-oW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1357,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1357","url_meta":{"origin":1546,"position":0},"title":"Inferno Tango on Dissertation Reviews","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"November 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Dissertation Reviews has posted Dun Wang's review of Meng Liansu's The Inferno Tango: Gender Politics and Modern Chinese Poetry, 1917-1980. 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