9780674066694 - Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity: Gender and Social Change in China, 1000-1400 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, 83, Band 83) von... (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Very good hardback copy, but there is some pencil underlining to the text. Published by Harvard University Asian Centre 2013. illustrated. 375 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. 164 x 240 x 36 cms. 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.50 inches. 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. Bossler illustrates how these groups intersected and interacted with men, influencing the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Courtesan culture had a profound effect on Song social and family life, as entertainment skills became a defining feature of a new model of concubinage, and as entertainer-concubines increasingly became mothers of literati sons. Neo-Confucianism, the new moral learning of the Song, was significantly shaped by this entertainment culture and by the new markets―in women―that it created. Responding to a broad social consensus, Neo-Confucians called for enhanced recognition of concubine mothers in ritual and expressed increasing concern about wifely jealousy. The book also details the surprising origins of the Late Imperial cult of fidelity, showing that from inception, the drive to celebrate female loyalty was rooted in a complex amalgam of political, social, and moral agendas. By taking women―and men's relationships with women―seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Zustand: New. pp. 480 6 Illus.

Zustand: New. Bossler traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries by examining three critical categories of women: courtesans, concubines, and faithful wives. Bossler illustrates how these groups intersected and interacted with men, influencing the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 790. . 2013. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 375 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.