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Five Gems in the Torrent: Historical Portrayals of Chinese Women in Sound and Religion

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  • Yuchi Che

    (Field Education Intern at IPSEC via Harvard Divinity School)

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In the long history of the patriarchal culture of China, women were consistently stigmatized as naïve. What made this situation worse was the mentality that, a woman who lacks talent is a virtuous woman a famous quote, which had became the standard to measure the qualities of a woman. This portrayal was quite permanent throughout the cultural history of China, as even today, this stereotype is still prominent in the poor, rural, and illiterate areas of China. This paper highlights in a chronological fashion the portrayal of the woman in the Chinese culture through sound, music, religion, and mythology.

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  • Yuchi Che, 2016. "Five Gems in the Torrent: Historical Portrayals of Chinese Women in Sound and Religion," Proceedings of Harvard Square Symposium, The Future of Knowledge, April 29-30, 2016 115, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:smo:gpaper:115
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    China; woman; sound; religion; Communism; Nuwa; Pangu; Mulan; Confucianism; Lao Tsu;
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