| 书目名称 | The Adventures of Ma Suzhen | | 副标题 | ‘An Heroic Woman Tak | | 编辑 | Paul Bevan | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Presents the first English translation of ‘The Adventures of Ma Suzhen‘, an exciting, all-action novel published in 1920s Shanghai.Features an illuminating academic essay that contextualises the comic | | 丛书名称 | East Asian Popular Culture | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | The comic novel, .The Adventures of Ma Suzhen,. was written during a highpoint in the popularity of .xia. “knight-errant” fiction. It is an action-packed tale of a young woman who takes revenge for her brother, Ma Yongzhen, a gangster and performing strongman, who has been murdered by a rival gang in China’s most cosmopolitan city, Shanghai. After publication of the book in 1923, the character of Ma Suzhen appeared on stage, and subsequently in a film made by the Mingxing Film Company. The book version translated here, displays a delightful combination of the .xia .and popular“Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies” genres, with additional elements of .Gong’an. “court case” fiction. The translation is followed by an essay that explores the background to the legend of Ma Suzhen – a fictional figure, whose exhilarating escapades reflect some of the new possibilities and freedoms available to women following the founding of the Chinese Republic.. | | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | | 关键词 | Ma Suzen; Chinese literature; 1920s literature; Ma Yongzhen; ‘Knight-errant‘ tradition; female knight-err | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89035-3 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-89037-7 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-89035-3Series ISSN 2634-5935 Series E-ISSN 2634-5943 | | issn_series | 2634-5935 | | copyright | The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 |
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