Abstract：The female body portrayed by the publications of the Republic of Nationalist China embodied the influence of modernity. This paper suggests that this portrayed body presented the following implications. Firstly, it, as the living embodiment of the prevalent urban culture in a subtlest form, symbolized the fervent pursuit of modernity by Chinese people who were influenced by the drive of modernization in the world. Secondly, it, as a symbol of modernizing women stepping from the confines of the penthouse into the public domain, signified women's liberation and the liberation of the body in its extreme form. Thirdly, it, as an objectified entity, however, may mean that women became the objects of consumption in a male-dominated and commercialized society once they broke free from feudal and patriarchal families.
白蔚. 摩登与反摩登——民国报刊建构的女性身体及其现代意义[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2011, 0(4): 71-77.
BAI Wei. Modern Implications of the Female Body Portrayed by the Publications during the Nationalist Period. , 2011, 0(4): 71-77.
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