Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2025, 8(12); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2025.081208.
Jinying Li
Daejin University, Pocheonsy, Korea
The development of feminist television dramas in China since the reform and opening-up has exhibited a trend of diversification with shifts in women’s economic status. By examining the content, themes, and character construction of representative dramas from three distinct periods, this study delineates the evolutionary trajectory of Chinese feminist television drama in the context of social and cultural changes. The process of Chinese feminist television dramas from their initial germination to gradual development, and then to diversified exploration, reflects the awakening of women’s consciousness and changes in women’s status in Chinese society. Simultaneously, feminist dramas have continuously adapted themselves in response to market imperatives and evolving social values, yielding rich and diverse forms of expression. Since the reform and opening up, the development of Chinese feminist themed television dramas has roughly gone through four stages: “image awakening - pluralistic exploration - market backlash - rational return”, presenting an overall trajectory of “spiral upward and tortuous transformation”.
Reform and opening up; Feminist television dramas; Development; Evolution
Jinying Li. The Development and Evolution of Chinese Feminist Television Drama since the Reform and Opening Up. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 12: 48-53. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2025.081208.
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