| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 281 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; A Note on Textual Conventions; A Note on Dynasties and Reigns; Introduction; Prologue: A Chaste Barbarian Martyrs Herself on the Imperial Frontier; 1. Defining Gender Orthodoxy for a Multiethnic Empire; 2. Statecraft and Gender Order in the Qianlong Reign; Prologue: A Righteous Husband Plays the Politics of the Wifely Way; 3. Enforcing Gender Order; 4. Divided Loyalties; 5. Adultery, Incest, and the Multiple Meanings of Patriarchy; Prologue: A Compromised Widow Sacrifices Her Body to Defend Inner Virtue; 6. The Wages of Wanton Mixing; 7. "Accommodating Sages." |
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Prologue: Male Impropriety and Female Outrage Lead to a Tragic End8. The Problem of Female Moral Agency; 9. The Logic of Female Suicide; Epilogue; Notes; A Note on Archival Sources; Character List; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
'Disgraceful Matters' presents a discussion of the political significance of a widespread cult of female chastity in 18th century China. Janet Theiss has studied the laws, legal cases regulations, & policies through which female virtue was defined enforced & contested |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Chastity.
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Women -- China -- Social conditions
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Chastity
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Social conditions
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Women -- Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Social conditions -- 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024182
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520930667 |
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0520930665 |
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