Bound Feet and Western Dress Gender Politics in Chinese Culture Professor Luo University of Kentucky Monday February 29-Friday March 4, 2016

April Rhapsody April Rhapsody 人间四月天 (2000, 20-episode TV series)  Xu Zhimo (Hsu Chih-mo)  Zhang Youyi (Chang Yu-i)  Lin Huiyin  Lu Xiaoman  Chronology of Events

Xu Zhimo (Hsu Chih-mo, )

Zhang Youyi (Chang Yu-I, )

Zhang Youyi and Xu Zhimo

Lin Huiyin

Lin Huiyin and Xu Zhimo

Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng (Liang Qichao’s son)

Lu Xiaoman

Lu Xiaoman and Xu Zhimo

How is the story written?  Oral history  Double memoir  The two “ I ” s  Mirror images

What is the most intriguing insight you took away from the book so far?  Inconsistencies  Identity crisis ……

How might reading this book inform you about your midterm paper?  Topic  Interview  In-class reading  External academic reading

How does this oral history echo recurring issues throughout our class?  The Boxers of 1900, p13-15  Cutting China like a melon, p14-15  Bound feet and feet big like a man ’ s, p20-23  Xu Ma, the child bride/servant, p26  Female infanticide, p26  The sedan chair incident, p29-37  Zhou Enlai, the communists, and the nationalists, p38  Chang men vs. Chang women, p39  Study abroad in Japan, p41  Perform ancestral rituals, p44

Recurring issues, continued  Educating boys in both the classic and modern systems, p45  Liang Qichao ’ s influence, p46  Women ’ s “ education, ” p48-9  Neighboring “ girl students” and desire for a Western education, p56-8  “ Free love ” vs. arranged marriage, p66  Treaty port city Shanghai and Western style furniture for marriage, p73  Beijing University and Hu Shi, p87  “ Neither three nor four, ” p90  Favoring boys, p91-93

Recurring issues, continued  To “ stimulate national shame, ” p95  Study in the West like a modern woman, p98  May Fourth Movement, p99  Educating women to be good mothers, p101  Western clothing and studio picture, p104  Concubine vs. girlfriend, p107 (To be continued in Part II…)

Recurring issues, continued  Abortion, p115-6  Daily love letters between London and Sawston in English, p119  Modern woman with bound feet! P120  “Bound feet and Western dress”— divorce p122  Shanghai Women’s Savings Bank, p179  Two women’s stories

Close reading exercises  P111, last three paragraphs  Your readings?  P144  Your readings?  P161  Your readings?