英文摘要 |
"Moving beyond earlier studies on the Swedish educator Ellen Key (1849-1926) in China, which concentrate on the May Fourth era, fictional works, and male discourses, this article seeks to examine the historical significance of translating Key in Republican China with such new approaches as longue durée, diversified sources, and two gender discourses. While probing into the Chinese authors' selection, adaptation, (mis) conception, contextualization, and criticism of Key's thoughts, I also conduct gender analysis of their reception and responses so as to highlight the variety of feminism in the Republican era. For the sake of better grasping gendered notions in the writings of Chinese authors, I categorize their works into ''male-oriented '' and ''female-oriented'' feminist discourses rather than following such (male-centered) conventional classification as liberal or socialist feminisms. This article shows authors developed a diversity of feminist and gender discourses, which highlighted maternal rights, female rights, and human rights respectively, by responding to Key's theory under the intersectional context of traditional and new factors at home and abroad. Among these discourses, Ellen Key's view of romantic love and motherhood not only became the primary theoretical basis for Chinese male-oriented feminism during and after the May Fourth era, but also inspired the female-oriented feminist thinking that was neglected in previous studies. As this article demonstrates, the various discourses that constituted the ideological spectrum of the reception of Key's ideas, ranging from fully embracing and disseminating them to harshly criticizing and rejecting them, demonstrates the acceptance, reflection, and creativity of Republican intellectuals in translating and introducing foreign theories. that Republican male and female authors developed a diversity of feminist and gender discourses, which highlighted maternal rights, female rights, and human rights respectively, by responding to Key's theory under the intersectional context of traditional and new factors at home and abroad. Among these discourses, Ellen Key's view of romantic love and motherhood not only became the primary theoretical basis for Chinese male-oriented feminism during and after the May Fourth era, but also inspired the female-oriented feminist thinking that was neglected in previous studies. As this article demonstrates, the various discourses that constituted the ideological spectrum of the reception of Key's ideas, ranging from fully embracing and disseminating them to harshly criticizing and rejecting them, demonstrates the acceptance, reflection, and creativity of Republican intellectuals in translating and introducing foreign theories." |