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From "Leftover" to "Liberated": The Quiet Feminist Revolution in Urban China

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: “You’re not beautiful in the traditional sense. You have a tough personality and need to soften yourself” says a dating counsellor to Qiu Ha Mei, one of the three protagonists of the documentary-film Leftover Women by Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia, 2020 (Paolillo, 2021). This is one of the many instances that could be taken into account in order to understand the prevalent phenomenon of “Leftover Women” in China. The term
Author: Bidisha Seth
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411310680
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