"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 a…
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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…
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…
"This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of women in Ming China. Bret Hinsch draws on a wide array of Chinese sources in the first book published in English to cover the broad sweep of gender relations during the Ming"--.
"This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and marriage, motherhood, p…
"This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of women in Ming China. Bret Hinsch draws on a wide array of Chinese sources in the first book published in English to cover the broad sweep of gender relations during the Ming"--
Describes the changing reality of women's lives during the China's republican, revolutionary and reform eras.
Interweaving memories, self-perceptions and case studies with historical data, this unique book explores the female experience of rhetoric on identity in China. While focusing on the gap between changing rhetoric and experience for Chinese women in the Republican, revolutionary,…
