Family Revolution: Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture

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Family Revolution Family Revolution m a r i ta l s t r i f e i n c on t e m p or a ry c h i n e se l i t e r at u r e a n d v isua l c u lt u r e Hui Faye Xiao u n i v e r si t y of wa s h i n g t o n p r e s s Seattle and London this book is made possible by a collaborative grant from the andrew w. mellon foundation. This book was also supported by a Book Publication Award from the Friends of the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas.© 2014 by the University of Washington Press 18 17 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. University of Washington Press PO Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145, USA www.washington.edu/uwpress Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Xiao, Hui Faye. Family Revolution : Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture / Hui Faye Xiao. pages cm. — (Modern Language Initiative) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-295-99349-2 (hardback : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-295-99350-8 (paperback : acid-free paper) 1. Chinese literature—History and criticism. 2. Families in literature. 3. Marital conflict—China. 4. Marriage in literature. 5. Family life—China. I. Title. PL2275.F34X53 2014 895.109’3355—dc23 2013043530 The paper used in this publication is acid-free and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984.∞ For my family on both sides of the Pacific Ocean ...