Better woman, better life: the "workplace novel" in contemporary China

Diplôme Thèse Better woman, better life: the "workplace novel" in contemporary China eng 2018-12-21 author Gonseth Morgane 653920 director Zufferey Nicolas 22977 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:113359 urn:nbn:ch:unige-1133591 L. 936 The aim of the research is to explore a category of Chinese contemporary popular novels, namely, the workplace novels. Through the textual analysis of nine narratives centered on the professional life of young white-collar women, this dissertation emphasizes the contradictions between an idealized professional world and the harsh realities faced by the heroines. It interrogates representations of female professionals, of the members of the new middle class, as well as the possible influences of the government on the novels. Indeed, their rhetoric seems highly congruent with official discourses on the "population's quality" and on the building of a "harmonious society". Popular literature Contemporary literature Gender Politics Dewey 495 Swiss National Science Foundation La littérature populaire en Chine contemporaine: valeurs traditionnelles, confucianisme, politique CH Swiss National Science Foundation Doc.Mobility CH 87 Département d'études est-asiatiques 3E false 703 Unité d'études chinoises 814283b1-9d7a-44a8-afd9-62b8e54275a1 Thesis Public MorganeGonseth_Thesis.pdf 4004751 application/pdf openAccess Faculté des lettres / Département d'études est-asiatiques

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