Disgraceful Matters : The Politics of Chastity in Eighteenth-Century China
by
Janet Theiss
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0520240332
ISBN-13
9780520240339
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 10th, 2005
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
590 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyGender studies: women
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Looking beyond the familiar trappings of the cult of female chastity - such as hagiographies of widows and chastity shrines - in late imperial China, this book explores the cult's political significance and practical ramifications in everyday life during the eighteenth century. In the first full-length study of the subject, Janet Theiss examines a vast number of laws, legal cases, regulations, and policies to illustrate the social and political processes through which female virtue was defined, enforced, and contested. Along the way, she provides rich details of social life and cultural practices among ordinary Chinese people through narratives of criminal cases of sexual assault, harassment, adultery, and domestic violence.
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