True to Her Word : the Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China.

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This book is a comprehensive study of faithful maidenhood in late imperial China from the vantage points of state policy, local history, scholarly debate, and the faithful maiden's own subjective point of view.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lu, Weijing
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Single women > China > History.
Single women > China > Social conditions.
Young women > China > History.
Young women > China > Social conditions.
Femmes seules > Chine > Histoire.
Femmes seules > Chine > Conditions sociales.
Jeunes femmes > Chine > Histoire.
Jeunes femmes > Chine > Conditions sociales.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Manners and customs
Single women
Single women > Social conditions
Young women
Young women > Social conditions
China > Social life and customs.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; Part One. History; 1. Moral Heroism and Craving for Extremes: The Ming Period (1368 -1644); 2. Putting Young Heroines in the Spotlight: The Seventeenth Century; 3. The State and the Social Webs of Exaltation: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; Part Two. Choices; 4. Dissuading the Resolute: The Families of Faithful Maidens; 5. Dying for an Ideal: The Choice of Suicide; 6. A Young Life, a Long Journey: Living as a Faithful Maiden; Part Three. Ideology; 7. Old Rituals and New Questions: The Faithful Maiden Debate.
  • ConclusionAppendix: Faithful Maidens Reported inQinding da Qing yitong zhi (Siku quanshu edition); Character List; Notes; References; Index.

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