Disgraceful Matters : The Politics of Chastity in Eighteenth-Century China /

Looking beyond the familiar trappings of the cult of female chastity-such as hagiographies of widows and chastity shrines--in late imperial China, this book explores the cult's political significance and practical ramifications in everyday life during the eighteenth century. In the first full-l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Theiss, Janet (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2005]
Temas:
Chastity.
Women > Social conditions > China.
Women > China > Social conditions.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
18th century.
adultery.
chastity cult.
chastity shrines.
chastity.
china.
chinese history.
chinese women.
criminals.
domestic violence.
domesticity.
female chastity.
female sexuality.
female virtue.
femininity.
feminist law.
feminist theory.
gender roles.
gender studies.
gender.
hagiography.
imperial china.
imperialism.
innocent.
justice system.
laws.
legal cases.
legal system.
politics.
purity.
qing.
rape.
sexual assault.
sexual harassment.
sexual morality.
sexual virtue.
suicide.
widows.
women and the law.
women.
womens studies.
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