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1 What is huaben and how did it develop as a reading tradition?
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1.1 Huaben as a reading tradition beyond generic boundaries
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1.2 Earliest huaben story as leisurely urban experience 钱塘梦
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1.3 Huaben story as regional imaginary of the West Lake 孔淑芳双鱼坠传
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2 Promoting huaben stories--reading experiences and expectations
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2.1 Imagined cultural and social function of storytelling
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2.2 Huaben story for leisurely reading 快嘴李翠莲记
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2.3 Literati sentimentality vs. reading for pleasure 玩江楼记
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3 The huaben novella and narrative strategies
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3.1 Narrative control and formal realism
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3.2 Psychological realism and literary achievements 珍珠衫
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3.3 Huaben as a space for linguistic plurality 薛录事
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4 The huaben novella and value negotiations
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4.1 Material culture and mobility
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4.2 Value-giving and ideal personhood 洞庭红
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4.3 Ethnicity and cultural anthropology 走安南
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5 The huaben novella and gendered morality
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5.1 Gender and morality
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5.2 Filial piety, martyrdom, and female virtue 孝妇屠身
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5.3 Genderee morality 男孟母
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6 Power of Gossips--The Bean Arbor as a Productive Space
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6.1 The bean arbor as a chronotope
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6.2 A genealogy of female vice 火封妒妇、水葬西施
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6.3 Regional imagination as social commentary 清客联盟
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7 Place as Narrative Scaffolding
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7.1 Place, space, and storytelling
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7.2 Technology and spatial imagination 夏宜楼
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7.3 New space-making in historical time 生我楼
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8 Wrap-up and group presentations