This book traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries by examining three critical categories of women: courtesans, concubines, and faithful wives. It shows how the intersection and mutual influence of these groups -- and of male discourses ab…
"Featuring essays by scholars working in a variety of subjects, [this book] presents diverse perspectives on dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty. Beings with a ph…
"Im Supermarkt lernt Judith, Mitte dreißig und Single, Hannes kennen; Architekt, ledig und in den besten Jahren. Hannes ist nicht nur der Traum aller Schwiegermutter- auch Judiths Freundeskreis ist restlos begeistert. Und anfangs ist sie das ja auch ..."--Back cover. "In the su…