TY  - GEN
T1  - The fragrant companions : a play about love between women
T2  - Translations from the Asian classics.
A1  - Li, Yu, 1611-1680?
A2  - Roddy, Stephen
A2  - Wang, Ying, 1955 December 26-
LA  - English
LA  - Chinese
PP  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1329221934
AB  - "Written in 1651, The Fragrant Companions is the first of ten extant chuanqi plays by Li Yu. The play, told in 36 acts, is one of the only literary works of pre-modern China that focuses on the theme of lesbian love. The play tells the story of two young ladies of the gentry who fall in love with each other after exchanging poems in a nunnery and overcome different obstacles to be together through a recognized marriage-by marrying the same husband. While its finale of a heterosexual marriage seems to reconcile with the Confucian gender ideology, polygamy, and the patriarchal social order, the play is really about the two women's genuine love and passion for each other; their mutual longing when separated; their efforts and resourcefulness to surmount social bias and impediments; and the triumph of their love over social mandates and expectations"--
CN  - PL2698.L52‡b L4713 2022eb
SN  - 9780231556408
SN  - 0231556403
SN  - 9780231206280
SN  - 0231206283
SN  - 9780231206297
SN  - 0231206291
KW  - Li, Yu, : 1611-1680? : Translations into English.
KW  - Li, Yu, : 1611-1680?
KW  - Lesbians : Drama.
KW  - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) : Drama.
KW  - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese
KW  - Lesbians
KW  - Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
KW  - Drama
KW  - Lesbian drama
KW  - Translations
KW  - Lesbian drama.
ER  -