Festivals, feasts, and gender relations in ancient China and Greece /

"Ancient China and Greece are two classical civilizations that have exerted far-reaching influence in numerous areas of human experience and are often invoked as the paradigms in East-West comparison. This book examines gender relations in the two ancient societies as reflected in convivial con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhou, Yiqun, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, Ã2010.
Temas:
To 1500
Sex role > China > History > To 1500.
Sex role > Greece > History > To 1500.
Festivals > China > History > To 1500.
Festivals > Greece > History > To 1500.
Fasts and feasts > China > History > To 1500.
Fasts and feasts > Greece > History > To 1500.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Holidays (non-religious)
Fasts and feasts
Festivals
Sex role
China
Greece
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Kinship and friendship
  • Among men. Greece: comrades, citizens, and boys
  • China: ancestors, brothers, and sons
  • Between men and women, among women. Public festivals and domestic rites
  • At the table and behind the scenes
  • Female experience and male imagination. What women sang of
  • Conclusion.

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