TY - JOUR
T1 - Translating Nüshu
T2 - Drawing Nüshu, Dancing Nüshu
AU - Foster, Nicola
PY - 2020/4/22
Y1 - 2020/4/22
N2 - There is evidence of women artists producing art works throughout history, but often their work was attributed to their male guardian. However, in a remote rural area of south China women developed their own script, nüshu (literally women’s writing) in which they wrote songs, ballads, laments, autobiographies, and correspondence with other women. Nüshu works were produced by women and for women and as such were left unacknowledged. This article argues that in order to acknowledge nüshu as an art practice it needs to be “translated,” referenced, and acknowledged by other artists. The paper explores the way in which two Hong Kong artists—working in drawing and dance respectively—translate, commemorate, and construct an artistic heritage and a genealogy of women artists in China through references to nüshu works.
AB - There is evidence of women artists producing art works throughout history, but often their work was attributed to their male guardian. However, in a remote rural area of south China women developed their own script, nüshu (literally women’s writing) in which they wrote songs, ballads, laments, autobiographies, and correspondence with other women. Nüshu works were produced by women and for women and as such were left unacknowledged. This article argues that in order to acknowledge nüshu as an art practice it needs to be “translated,” referenced, and acknowledged by other artists. The paper explores the way in which two Hong Kong artists—working in drawing and dance respectively—translate, commemorate, and construct an artistic heritage and a genealogy of women artists in China through references to nüshu works.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/77c37db1-1033-35bd-bd74-e1143cf261be/
U2 - 10.1080/17561310.2019.1690294
DO - 10.1080/17561310.2019.1690294
M3 - Article
SN - 1756-1310
VL - 11
SP - 393
EP - 416
JO - Art in Translation
JF - Art in Translation
IS - 4
ER -