Kimberly Besio
Biographic Data
| ID | 5447189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kimberly Besio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kimberly |
| FAMILY NAME | Besio |
| SIGNATURE | BESIO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Colby College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture
The Sword or the Needle
A Friendship of Metal and Stone
This essay examines representation of male friendship in Ming vernacular literature through an analysis of works that retell the story of two late Han friends, Fan Juqing and Zhang Yuanbo. Throughout the Ming, versions of the tale were produced in a variety of literary genres including a zaju play and a vernacular short story. Both the drama and the short story are extant in multiple editions, providing us insights into how they were interpreted …
Gender, Loyalty, and the Reproduction of the Wang Zhaojun Legend
Scholars have long noted a heightened concern over female virtue in late Ming literati society; more recently, this social trend has been connected with the boom in print production of drama, and many other types of popular and elite texts, which occurred during the Jiajing through Wanli periods. Ming print circulation of the legend of Wang Zhaojun, a palace woman of the Han dynasty who was given in marriage to a northern leader, further illumina…
In a Woman's Voice
Can literary genre influence how gender is portrayed? This is a particularly intriguing question when applied to drama, a form which implies the physical presence of actors and audience. Works of traditional Chinese fiction and drama tend to recycle plots back and forth, and thus provide many avenues for exploring how genre conventions might affect gender conceptions. One of the richest resources for a discussion of this type is the cluster of wo…
Gender, Loyalty, and the Reproduction of the Wang Zhaojun Legend
Scholars have long noted a heightened concern over female virtue in late Ming literati society; more recently, this social trend has been connected with the boom in print production of drama, and many other types of popular and elite texts, which occurred during the Jiajing through Wanli periods. Ming print circulation of the legend of Wang Zhaojun, a palace woman of the Han dynasty who was given in marriage to a northern leader, further illumina…
In a Woman's Voice
Can literary genre influence how gender is portrayed? This is a particularly intriguing question when applied to drama, a form which implies the physical presence of actors and audience. Works of traditional Chinese fiction and drama tend to recycle plots back and forth, and thus provide many avenues for exploring how genre conventions might affect gender conceptions. One of the richest resources for a discussion of this type is the cluster of wo…
Gender, Loyalty, and the Reproduction of the Wang Zhaojun Legend
Scholars have long noted a heightened concern over female virtue in late Ming literati society; more recently, this social trend has been connected with the boom in print production of drama, and many other types of popular and elite texts, which occurred during the Jiajing through Wanli periods. Ming print circulation of the legend of Wang Zhaojun, a palace woman of the Han dynasty who was given in marriage to a northern leader, further illumina…
A Friendship of Metal and Stone
This essay examines representation of male friendship in Ming vernacular literature through an analysis of works that retell the story of two late Han friends, Fan Juqing and Zhang Yuanbo. Throughout the Ming, versions of the tale were produced in a variety of literary genres including a zaju play and a vernacular short story. Both the drama and the short story are extant in multiple editions, providing us insights into how they were interpreted …
The Sword or the Needle
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture
Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Drama (3 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works) · Kingdom (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)