Reification of Females in Fai's The Concubine's Daughter

Abstract

The research entitled "Reification of Females in Fai's The Concubine's Daughter" deals with the males' exploitation of females in the contemporary Chinese societies. Men take women's body as the site of domination and they are sexually tortured and trafficked to prostitution. Besides, this research probes into the experiences of females as concubines, slaves, servants, wives, mothers, prostitutes and dehumanization of women. So, main focuses of this research is to look into unwanted sexual behavior by males in Chinese cultures. This thesis draws upon the theoretical insights of females' miserable life and their problems to analyze the text.