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The Adventures of Ma Suzhen: 'An Heroic Woman Takes Revenge in Shanghai'

The Adventures of Ma Suzhen: 'An Heroic Woman Takes Revenge in Shanghai'

Bevan, Paul

Hardcover

Series: East Asian Popular Culture

Literary CriticismGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 3030890341
ISBN13: 9783030890346
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Dec 4 2021
Pages: 131
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
The comic novel, The Adventures of Ma Suzhen, was written during a highpoint in the popularity of xia knight-errant fiction. It is an action-packed tale of a young woman who takes revenge for her brother, Ma Yongzhen, a gangster and performing strongman, who has been murdered by a rival gang in China's most cosmopolitan city, Shanghai. After publication of the book in 1923, the character of Ma Suzhen appeared on stage, and subsequently in a film made by the Mingxing Film Company. The book version translated here, displays a delightful combination of the xia and popularMandarin Ducks and Butterflies genres, with additional elements of Gong'an court case fiction. The translation is followed by an essay that explores the background to the legend of Ma Suzhen - a fictional figure, whose exhilarating escapades reflect some of the new possibilities and freedoms available to women following the founding of the Chinese Republic.

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