Women in Ming China (eBook)

Bret Hinsch (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
210 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-5297-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Ming Dynasty (13681644). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and marriage, motherhood, political power, work, inheritance, education, religious roles, and virtues. He considers not only the lived world of women, but also delves into their emotional life and the ideals they pursued. Drawing on a wide range of Western and Chinese primary and secondary sourcesincluding standard histories, poetry, prose literature, and epitaphsHinsch makes an important period of Chinese women's history accessible to Western readers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Asian Voices
• Zusatzinfo: 1 Illustrations including: - 1 Black & White Illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: China • Chinese women • Ming China • Ming Dynasty • Women in China • Women's history
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-5297-5 / 1538152975
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-5297-3 / 9781538152973