Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2022)

Nora in the Kitchen

A Study on the Correlation of Food Writing in Ladies’ Journal (Funü Zazhi) and Feminism from 1915 to 1930

Authors
Xinyi Li1, *
1Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
*Corresponding author. Email: xli574-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
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Xinyi Li
Available Online 1 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_98How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Modern Chinese women; Food writing; Ladies’ journal; Editorial philosophy; Gender discourses
Abstract

“Nora”, serving as a cultural symbol for exploring the way out of the traditional home for women in modern China, has become the typical image of modern Chinese women for many male enlighteners. The numerous exoduses and return of “Nora” in modern Chinese history symbolize the complex interplay of traditional and modern culture and customs. Ladies’ journal, an important journal on modern Chinese women’s studies, has published multiple women’s daily experiences and gender issues in the context of social salvation and survival, reflecting the variation of Nora in different periods of Chinese modern history. This article draws attention to specific food writing, and further analyses its influence in Ladies’ journal towards the promotion and development of feminism, as well as the social discussion of women’s social and domestic responsibilities through the illustration of food discourses in the implication of characteristics and symbolisms gender-related topics in different editorial philosophies affected by ideological trends over time.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 March 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_98
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_98How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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