Research Guides: chinese women/women's studies: home

introduction

Welcome! This ongoing creation of a LibGuide on Chinese women aims to address a gap in existing resources that meet students' and instructors' increasingly interdisciplinary and diverse needs. This guide offers a curated selection of books, films, databases, and articles in English and Chinese, together with highlights for users to get a glance at the field, combining both academic resources and leisure resources. It also attempts to incorporate external tools (Notion) to enhance user interaction and engagement.

The items listed are mainly UBC Library collections. Please get in touch with the creators through email if you have any questions or suggestions regarding this guide.

*For general resources regarding Chinese studies, please take a look at Chinese Studies Resources.

suggested keywords

Common characters that indicate "Women" and their romanizations:

女 - nv - nǚ

女性 - nv xing - nǚ xìng

女子 - nv zi - nǚ zǐ

女人 - nv ren - nǚ rén

妇女 - 婦女 - fu nv - fù nǚ

If you want to know more about the meaning behind those Chinese characters that contain "women," you can take a look at this article below:

Article: Women’s oppression and Chinese characters

by Mela Sarkar, Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), McGill University

subject headings - highlights

subject headings act as tags or labels that help users find books on specific topics, ensuring that all books on the same subject are tagged with the same, consistent term, regardless of the author's wording. For example, a book with the subject "Women--China--History." likely discusses the roles, experiences, and contributions of women in Chinese history.

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call numbers - highlights

a call number acts as a book's "address," indicating its location on the shelves and helping organize materials by subject

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PL2278
The books that have a call number starting with "PL2278" are often related to the Chinese language and literature, as shown in the screenshot
HQ1767
The books that have a call number starting with "HQ1767" are often related to family. marriage, women and sexuality, as shown in the screenshot
HQ18.C6
The books that have a call number starting with "HQ18.C6" are also often related to family. marriage, women and sexuality, as shown in the screenshot

creators

Xiyuan Wu xiyuan.wu@ubc.ca Graduate Student of UBC iSchool, Master's of Library and Information Studies

Xiaoqiao Xu xiaoqiao.xu@ubc.ca Lecturer in Modern Chinese Literature and Cinema, Department of Asian Studies

Jing Liu jing.liu@ubc.ca Chinese Studies Librarian, UBC Asian Library