'A Girl Worth Fighting For': Transformations of the Woman Warrior Hua Mulan

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Norman
dc.contributor.advisorHan, Christina
dc.contributor.authorSotomayor, Hilary
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-11T18:29:56Z
dc.date.available2021-05-11T18:29:56Z
dc.date.copyright2021
dc.date.created2021-04-28
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
dc.degree.programmeHistoryen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analyses the shifts in time in the characterization and legacy of the woman warrior Hua Mulan through critical historical and cultural analysis of adaptations of Mulan from the original ballad published as early as the fourth century, to the most recent live action films released in 2020. Shifts in gender expression and crossdressing as a result of societal shifts are discussed alongside these cultural shifts. The research is divided into four sections to map Mulan’s development: pre-Qing, Qing, Mainland Republican-era adaptations and People’s Republic-era adaptations. A considerable historiography is consulted alongside available critical acclaim to further analyse the legacy of Mulan. These comparisons reveal that Mulan represents shifting Chinese values as a role model and ideal citizen, leading to her use by authors and filmmakers for various agendas and to continued personal and national identification as a national hero with the rise of mass media in China.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSotomayor, Hilary. 2019. �??Hua Mulan�?�. Footnotes 12 (April). https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/footnotes/article/view/5318.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10214/25703
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectmulanen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subjectchinaen_US
dc.subjectdisneyen_US
dc.subjectcrossdressingen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectliteratureen_US
dc.subjectwomen soldiersen_US
dc.subjectpopular cultureen_US
dc.subjectgender theoryen_US
dc.subjectperformativityen_US
dc.subjectwomen warriorsen_US
dc.title'A Girl Worth Fighting For': Transformations of the Woman Warrior Hua Mulanen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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