Construction of New Contemporary Myth of Mothers: From Liberation of the Body to Individual Independence, A Survey Centred on Women's Media during the Xin Hai Period
JIAN Zi-ya
Department of Law and Public Administration at Changsha University, Changsha 410003, Hunan Province, China
Abstract：The myth of mothers is a product of male dominated society and a construct of women's image by men based on their interpretation of the demand of the times. The new contemporary myth of mothers combines the mission of the times, men's desire, and mass media. Women's increasing participation in media during the Xin Hai Period opened up important public discourse space for the construct of women's culture. This process was also one in which the traditional myth of mothers was overthrown and the new contemporary myth of mothers was constructed. On the construct of the new myth, it is women's media that utilized its own symbols and cultural capital to reproduce a male centred discourse and then, created women's image of the times together with men and other media. This process manifests the nature of a male dominated society.
简姿亚. 近代新母性神话的构建：从身体解放到人格独立——以辛亥时期女性媒介为中心的考察[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2013, 0(2): 77-83.
JIAN Zi-ya. Construction of New Contemporary Myth of Mothers: From Liberation of the Body to Individual Independence, A Survey Centred on Women's Media during the Xin Hai Period. , 2013, 0(2): 77-83.
2013, Vol. 0 
