University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations Fall 2020 Digesting Gender: Gendered Foodways in Modern Chinese Literature, 1890s–1940s Zhuo Feng Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Comparative Literature Commons Recommended Citation Feng, Z.(2020). Digesting Gender: Gendered Foodways in Modern Chinese Literature, 1890s–1940s. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/6121 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. DIGESTING GENDER: GENDERED FOODWAYS IN MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE, 1890S–1940S by Zhuo Feng Bachelor of Arts Xi’an International Studies University, 2007 Master of Arts Capital Normal University, 2013 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina 2020 Accepted by: Jie Guo, Major Professor Michael Hill, Major Professor Catherine Keyser, Committee Member Meili Steele, Committee Member Tan Ye, Committee Member Cheryl L. Addy, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies © Copyright by Zhuo Feng, 2020 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION To Feng Guoding, Fan Yuxiang, Feng Ximin, and Paul iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to my two chairs Jie Guo and Michael Hill, for their years support and guidance. Jie Guo taught me how to be an honest writer, and Michael Hill was always there to guide me in my Ph.D. studies. I would like to seize this opportunity to thank them, for their helpful suggestions, comments, and criticism.