英文摘要 |
“Women’s liberation” was an important aspect of the profound social change facing China in the first part of the 20th century. For decades, it was the subject of endless discussion through media such as magazines, plays, novels, films, commercial advertising, and essays. However the popular songs that spread through teahouses and taverns expressed many viewpoints that were at odds with those of intellectuals. They captured the many complex and contradictory views held by ordinary people on the idea of women’s liberation and the phenomena it sparked in society at the time. This research carries out relevant textual analysis of the popular songbooks held in the library of the Academia Sinica in Taipei, Fudan University in Shanghai, and the University of Tokyo. Then, focusing on descriptions and criticisms of the “attire” of these “new women” and their “behavior and ideas” in the lyrics, it explores the phenomena of the clash and fusion of “new” and “old” expressed at this time of social upheaval. |