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    Narrative Analyses and Gender Politics

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    Women and Gender in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium, by Ya-chen Chen, is an excavation of underexposed gender issues focusing mainly on contradictory and troubled feminism in the film narratives. In the cinematic world of martial arts films, one can easily find representations of women of Ancient China released from the constraints of patriarchal social order to revel in a ... Read more

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    The process of Chinese--English translation

    Translating Chinese Culture is an innovative and comprehensive coursebook which addresses the issue of translating concepts of culture. Based on the framework of schema building, the course offers helpful guidance on how to get inside the mind of the Chinese author, how to understand what he or she is telling the Chinese-speaking audience, and how to convey this to an English speaking audience.A ... Read more

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  • Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies

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    Recent attention to historical, geographic, and class differences in the studies of women and gender in China has expanded our understanding of the diversity and complexity of gendered China. Nevertheless, the ethnic dimension of this subject matter remains largely overlooked, particularly concerning women’s conditions and gender status. Consequently, the patriarchy and its oppression of women ... Read more

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  • Man-Machine Speech Communication

    18th National Conference, NCMMSC 2023, Suzhou, China, December 8–10, 2023, Proceedings

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    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th National Conference on Man-Machine Speech Communication, NCMMSC 2023, held in Suzhou, China, during December 8–11, 2023.The 20 full papers and 11 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 submissions. They deal with topics such as speech recognition, synthesis, enhancement and coding, audio/music ... Read more

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  • New Modern Chinese Women and Gender Politics

    The Centennial of the End of the Qing Dynasty

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    The past century witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of modern Chinese women and gender politics. Whilst some revolutionary actions to rectify the feudalist patriarchy, such as foot-binding and polygyny were first seen in the late Qing period; the termination of the Qing Dynasty and establishment of Republican China in 1911-1912 initiated truly nation-wide constitutional reform alongside ... Read more

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    The Rise of Taiwanese Feminism

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  • Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China

    Towards a New Dialogue

    Series series The Urban Book Series
    This open access book explores new research directions in social inequality and urban segregation. With the goal of fostering an ongoing dialogue between scholars in Europe and China, it brings together an impressive team of international researchers to shed light on the entwined processes of inequality and segregation, and the implications for urban development. Through a rich collection of ... Read more

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