Confucianism and Women
by Rosenlee, Li-hsiang LisaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-06-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary
Confucianism and Women argues that Confucian philosophy-often criticized as misogynistic and patriarchal-is not inherently sexist. Although historically bound up with oppressive practices, Confucianism contains much that can promote an ethic of gender parity. Attacks on Confucianism for gender oppression have marked China's modern period, beginning with the May Fourth Movement of 1919 and reaching prominence during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. The West has also readily characterized Confucianism as a foundation of Chinese women's oppression. Author Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee challenges readers to consider the culture within which Confucianism has functioned and to explore what Confucian thought might mean for women and feminism.
Author Biography
Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mary Washington
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Confucianism, Chinese-ness, and Ren Virtuous Personhood | p. 15 |
| Confucians before Confucius: Ru and Its Ambiguity | p. 17 |
| Ru, State, and Chinese-ness | p. 24 |
| Defining Ru: Ren as Confucian Virtue Ethics | p. 34 |
| Yin-Yang, Gender Attributes, and Complementarity | p. 45 |
| Yin-yang and the Oppositional Binary of Femininity-Masculinity | p. 48 |
| Yin-yang and Correlative Cosmology | p. 50 |
| Yin-yang Complementarity and Gender Hierarchy | p. 55 |
| Nei-Wai, Gender Distinctions, and Ritual Propriety | p. 69 |
| Nei-wai, Ritualization, and Civilization | p. 71 |
| Nei-wai, Functional Distinctions, and Gender Hierarchy | p. 79 |
| Didactic Texts for Women and the Womanly Sphere of Nei | p. 95 |
| Lienuzhuan, Guifan, and the Tradition of Virtuous Women's Biographies | p. 96 |
| The Four Books for Women and by Women | p. 103 |
| The Question of Female Literacy and the Virtue of Women's Speech (Fuyan) | p. 110 |
| Chinese Sexism and Confucianism | p. 119 |
| Gender Oppression and Confucian Virtue Ethics | p. 122 |
| Case Studies: Widowhood and Footbinding | p. 129 |
| Toward a Confucian Feminism-Feminist Ethics In-the-Making | p. 149 |
| The Problems of Gender and the Politics of Feminism | p. 150 |
| Outline of a Confucian Feminism: A Hybrid Identity | p. 152 |
| Reflections and Conclusions | p. 159 |
| Notes | p. 161 |
| Bibliography | p. 185 |
| Index | p. 197 |
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