Representing lives in China forms of biography in the Ming-Qing Period, 1368-1911 /

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The chapters in this ground-breaking volume examine the complex practices of biographical writing in Ming and Qing China. The authors draw on a rich variety of sources to answer some basic questions: Who were the writers of these texts and the subjects of their biographical constructions? What motiv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pidhainy, Ihor (Editor ), Des Forges, Roger V. (Editor ), Fong, Grace S., 1948- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University East Asia Program, [2018]
Colección:Cornell East Asia series ; 191.
Temas:
1368-1912
Chinese literature > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > History and criticism.
Chinese literature > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > History and criticism.
Biographers > China.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
Biographers.
Biography.
Chinese literature.
Chinese literature > Ming dynasty.
Qing Dynasty (China)
China > Biography > History and criticism.
China > History > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE SEARCHING FOR THE SUBJECTS Life Stories and Biographical Accounts
  • 1 Kubilai's Empresses Biographical Perspectives
  • 2 Surname Restoration Petitions and the Mutability and Manipulability of Patriline in Ming China
  • 3 The Chinese Scholar-Rebel-Advisor Li Yan in the History and Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century
  • 4 Between Collaboration and Resistance: The Third Way of Mao Xiang (1611-1693)
  • PART TWO UNDERSTANDING THE AUTHORS Portraying Lives in Various Media
  • 5 Wang Shizhen as Biographer: Genres and Agendas
  • 6 Painting a Dual Biography
  • 7 Engendering Lives: Women as Self-Appointed and Sought-After Biographers in the Qing Dynasty
  • PART THREE FOLLOWING THE TEXTS Creation, Publication, Revision, and Transmission
  • 8 Re-Collecting Yue Fei: Yue Ke, Jintuo cui bian, and the Making of a Chinese Hero
  • 9 Fathers and Sons in the Mingshi: A Thematic Reading of a State History
  • 10 Loyalty, History, and Empire: Qian Qianyi and His Korean Biographies
  • 11 From Female Martyrs to Worthy Mothers: The Shift in Exemplary Women's Biographies in the Ming-Qing Dynastic Histories
  • 12 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Contributors

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