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Between birth and death : female infanticide in nineteenth-century China /

This study breaks down the relationship between female infanticide and Chinese culture and reconstructs that association as a product of historical processes of the nineteenth century. It takes as its explicit focus the changing perception of female infanticide in Chinese history. Without diminishin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Michelle Tien (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Deciding a child's fate : women and birth
  • Reforming customs : scholars and morality
  • Seeing bodies : experts and evidence
  • Saving souls : missionaries and redemption
  • Reframing female infanticide : the emerging nation.