Transgressive typologies : constructions of gender and power in early Tang China /

"Offers a new understanding of the powerful Chinese women leaders of the Tang era within their literary-historical contexts, and also delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural constructio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Doran, Rebecca, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2016.
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 103.
Subjects:
To 1500
Women > China > History > To 1500.
Women > Political activity > China > History > To 1500.
Politics and literature > China > History > To 1500.
Women > China > Identity > History.
Femmes > Chine > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Femmes > Chine > Identité > Histoire.
Politics and government.
Politics and literature.
Tang Dynasty (China)
Women.
Women > Identity.
Women > Political activity.
China > Politics and government > 581-907.
China > History > Tang dynasty, 618-907.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 581-907.
Chine > Histoire > 618-907 (Dynastie des Tang)
China.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Female rule and its representation : gender, paradigm, and historical narrative
  • (Self)expression and gendered legitimacy : projection of identity in late seventh century through Jinglong era
  • Ritual, signs, and the interpretation of female power
  • Building power : symbolic architecture, conspicuous consumption and rule by women
  • Gender anarchy and the rhetorical overthrow of female rule.

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