Beyond Tradition and Modernity: Gender, Genre, and Cosmopolitnism in Late Qing China,

Four articles and a substantial introduction reprinted from Nan N羹 Men, Women, and Gender in China (2004) vol. 6, no. 1. explore topics along what is increasingly seen as artificial border between traditional and modern in China. They cover the challenging trajectory of L羹 Bicheng's (1883-1943) life and song lyrics, Xue Shaohui's moral vision in the Biographies of Foreign Women , Chinese and Western exemplary women at the turn of the 20th century, and Zhan Kai/Siqi Zhai's New Novels and courtesan sketches. Annotation 穢2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)