Women shall not rule : imperial wives and concubines in China from Han to Liao /

Chinese rulers guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, sometimes in the thousands. Women Shall Not Rule is a fascinating history of the imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony-rivalry between women and their attempts to engage...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McMahon, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2013.
Temas:
To 1500
Emperors' spouses > China > History > To 1500.
Mistresses > China > History > To 1500.
Polygamy > Political aspects > China > History > To 1500.
Concubinage > China > History > To 1500.
Emperors' spouses > China > Biography.
Mistresses > China > Biography.
Women > Political activity > China > History > To 1500.
Sex role > China > History > To 1500.
Empereurs > Conjoints > Chine > Biographies.
Maîtresses > Chine > Biographies.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Concubinage
Emperors' spouses
Mistresses
Politics and government
Polygamy > Political aspects
Sex role
Women > Political activity
Hofcultuur.
Vrouwen.
China > Politics and government > 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
China > Politics and government > 960-1279.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 221 av. J.-C.-960.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 960-1279.
China
China.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Sexual Politics and State Politics
  • Part I. Early China, 1250 BC-317 CE
  • The Institution and Values of Royal Polygamy
  • Empresses and Consorts of the Former Han, 206 BCE-25 CE
  • The Later Han to the End of the Western Jin, 25-317
  • Conclusion to Part I: A Review of Themes from the Biographies of Empresses and Consorts
  • Part II. The Eastern Jin to the Reign of Wu Zetian, 317-712
  • The Period of Disunity, 317-589
  • The Sui and Early Tang Dynasties to Empress Wu, 581-705
  • Conclusion to Part II: The Question of Female Rulership
  • Part III. The High Tang to the Liao, 712-1125
  • The Tang from Xuanzong to Its Fall, 712-907
  • The Love Affair of an Aging Emperor and his Young Consort
  • The Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, and the Liao, 907-1125
  • Concludion to Part III: Strong Women and Weak Men.

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