True to her word : the faithful maiden cult in late Imperial China /

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This path-breaking book examines the broad cultural, social, and gender meanings of the 'faithful maiden' cult in late imperial China (1368-1911). These 'faithful maidens' chose either to live out their lives as widows upon the death of a fiancé or killed themselves to join thei...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lu, Weijing (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Geschichte 1368-1911.
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.
HISTORY / Asia / China
Manners and customs.
Single women.
Single women > Social conditions.
Young women.
Young women > Social conditions.
Junge Frau
Verlöbnis
Treue
Junge Frau > Motiv
Verlöbnis > Motiv
Treue > Motiv
China > Social life and customs.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
China.
China
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Moral heroism and craving for extremes : the Ming period (13681644)
  • Putting young heroines in the spotlight : the seventeenth century
  • The state and the social webs of exaltation : the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
  • Dissuading the resolute : the families of faithful maidens
  • Dying for an ideal : the choice of suicide
  • A young life, a long journey : living as a faithful maiden
  • Old rituals and new questions : the faithful maiden debate.

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