
Sister’s Whispers: Writing Nüshu in China, Writing Chinese in America
Departing from a 2022 documentary, “Hidden Letters,” that shines light upon an obscure writing system, Nüshu, practiced historically among certain groups of women in China, Xiao savors the complexity of being a Chinese woman in the Midwest and explores bonds that can be formed through the exclusivity of language.
A good girl can fight her way through a thousand troops;
A good horse can gallop into a myriad-man battle!
—Wilt Idema, Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Women’s Sc
A good girl can fight her way through a thousand troops;
A good horse can gallop into a myriad-man battle!
—Wilt Idema, Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Women’s Sc