TY - JOUR
T1 - Women's travel in the Tang Dynasty
T2 - Gendered identity in a hierarchical society
AU - Fan, Xiangli
AU - Wang, Jingqiang
AU - Xiao, Honggen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the constructive feedback from Professor Heather Gibson and the reviewers in the strengthening of this paper. National Natural Science Foundation of China ( NSFC 42071166 – Cross-cultural space and place in science communication) is also gratefully acknowledged for the support of this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Women's travel writing has received increasing attention, with English literature being the focus of most studies. In contrast, Chinese women have been absent from historical travel narratives. The Tang Dynasty (618–907), a golden period in Chinese history, had a rare collection of women's travel poetry, a genre offering richness and insights on female travelers' experiences and perceptions of “other” places they had visited. Drawing on women's travel writings from All Tang Poetry, this study illustrates how travel narratives help formulate and reinforce, or downplay, gendered identities in the contexts of social hierarchy and patriarchal ideology. The research contributes to the gender, travel and identity literature from a Chinese language and culture perspective.
AB - Women's travel writing has received increasing attention, with English literature being the focus of most studies. In contrast, Chinese women have been absent from historical travel narratives. The Tang Dynasty (618–907), a golden period in Chinese history, had a rare collection of women's travel poetry, a genre offering richness and insights on female travelers' experiences and perceptions of “other” places they had visited. Drawing on women's travel writings from All Tang Poetry, this study illustrates how travel narratives help formulate and reinforce, or downplay, gendered identities in the contexts of social hierarchy and patriarchal ideology. The research contributes to the gender, travel and identity literature from a Chinese language and culture perspective.
KW - Chinese culture
KW - Feminist leisure
KW - Gendered identity
KW - Social hierarchy
KW - The Tang Dynasty
KW - Women's travel poetry
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U2 - 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103231
DO - 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103231
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85106318047
SN - 0160-7383
VL - 89
JO - Annals of Tourism Research
JF - Annals of Tourism Research
M1 - 103231
ER -