@article{ART003341632},
author={GUO, YI and Na, Min Gu},
title={Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2026},
number={80},
pages={313-338},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012}
TY - JOUR
AU - GUO, YI
AU - Na, Min Gu
TI - Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 80
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 313
EP - 338
SN - 1738-0502
AB - As a pioneering figure in Chinese women’s science fiction, Zhao Haihong has persistently explored the intersections of the female body, technology, and subjectivity. From early narratives grounded in conventional gender metaphors to later works that foreground technological embodiment and gender politics, her fiction reveals distinctive modes of female body rhetoric. Taking Zhao Haihong’s representative works as its primary corpus, this study draws on feminist science fiction theory, body rhetoric theory, and body–technology relations to examine the narrative functions of the female body. The analysis identifies three interrelated dimensions of bodily representation: the symbolized body, the technologized body, and the politicized body. Through these dimensions, the female body in Zhao’s fiction shifts from a disciplined object to a technological and narrative subject. By articulating the relationship between women and the body through science-fictional discourse, Zhao Haihong provides an important model for the development of Chinese women’s science fiction. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of feminist science fiction in the Chinese context and highlights the critical significance of female body rhetoric in contemporary Chinese science fiction.
KW - Zhao Haihong;Chinese women's science fiction;female body;body rhetoric;cyborg;feminist SF
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012
ER -
GUO, YI and Na, Min Gu. (2026). Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 80, 313-338.
GUO, YI and Na, Min Gu. 2026, "Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.80, pp.313-338. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012
GUO, YI, Na, Min Gu "Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 80 pp.313-338 (2026) : 313.
GUO, YI, Na, Min Gu. Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series. 2026; 80 : 313-338. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012
GUO, YI and Na, Min Gu. "Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.80(2026) : 313-338.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012
GUO, YI; Na, Min Gu. Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 80, 313-338. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012
GUO, YI; Na, Min Gu. Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2026; 80 313-338. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012
GUO, YI, Na, Min Gu. Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series. 2026; 80 : 313-338. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012
GUO, YI and Na, Min Gu. "Female Body Rhetoric in the Science Fiction of Zhao Haihong — A Case Study of the “Silence” Series" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.80(2026) : 313-338.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.012
