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Heroines of the Qing : Exemplary Women Tell Their Stories /

"This book draws from newly available sources of women's writings from late imperial China to present an alternative approach to the lives of 'exemplary women'--a category of women who were written into official dynastic histories for their unrelenting adherence to female virtue...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yang, Binbin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016.
©2016
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Heroines of the Qing; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments ; Note to Readers ; Introduction ; 1. Breaking the Silence: Cases of Outspoken Exemplary Women ; 2. Visualizing Exemplarity: Women's Portraits and Paintings for Self-Representation.
  • 3. Staging Family Drama: Genealogical Writing as Ritual Authority 4. Enacting Guardians of Family Health: From Exemplary Wife to Reformer ; Conclusion ; Chinese Character Glossary ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.