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Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire (Gender and Interiority in Chinese Painting and Poetry)
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Product Details
Author:
Lara C.W. Blanchard
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Brill (May 14, 2026)
Imprint:
Brill
Release Date:
May 14, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9789004764637
ISBN-10:
9004764631
Weight:
16oz
Dimensions:
6.1" x 9.25"
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$53.00
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Pub Discount:
35
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$50.35
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
H
Series:
Women and Gender in China Studies
Overview
This book is the winner of the 2020 Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, awarded by the Association for Asian Studies.
In Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire, Lara Blanchard analyzes images of women in painting and poetry of China’s middle imperial period, focusing on works that represent female figures as preoccupied with romance. She discusses examples of visual and literary culture in regard to their authorship and audience, examining the role of interiority in constructions of gender, exploring the rhetorical functions of romantic images, and considering connections between subjectivity and representation. The paintings in particular have sometimes been interpreted as simple representations of the daily lives of women, or as straightforward artifacts of heteroerotic desire; Blanchard proposes that such works could additionally be interpreted as political allegories, representations of the artist’s or patron’s interiorities, or models of idealized femininity.
In Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire, Lara Blanchard analyzes images of women in painting and poetry of China’s middle imperial period, focusing on works that represent female figures as preoccupied with romance. She discusses examples of visual and literary culture in regard to their authorship and audience, examining the role of interiority in constructions of gender, exploring the rhetorical functions of romantic images, and considering connections between subjectivity and representation. The paintings in particular have sometimes been interpreted as simple representations of the daily lives of women, or as straightforward artifacts of heteroerotic desire; Blanchard proposes that such works could additionally be interpreted as political allegories, representations of the artist’s or patron’s interiorities, or models of idealized femininity.
