Social Exodus and Gender Transgression:A Study of the Ming and Qing Transsexual Masquerade Theatre
Studies of Ming and Qing Dynasty costume dramas have mostly focused on female impersonators and their motives,which tends to homogenise the plot and meaning of disguise.It is easy to homogenise the plot and meaning of the costume.It is thought that the situation,which is not the cause of the costume,also plays an important role.Taking the Ming and Qing dynasty costume dramas as the research object,the article borrows Diderot's"contextual theory"to stress the importance and influence of"context"on the behaviour of"costume".In the case of male cross-dressing,cross-dressing in a particular context both reinforces and subverts the binary system of"male superiority and female inferiority";in the case of female cross-dressing,the academic community tends to exaggerate the gender accusation.Male playwrights do not negate the role of women by dressing up as talented women;female playwrights,on the other hand,start from the perspective of"human beings"and explore the issue of the way out of life for both men and women in reality.
gender disguisegender transgressioncontextMing and Qing dynasty theatredisguise drama
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