Women in Ming China
Book Details
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 29 days
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 womens history accessible to Western readers.
Get Women in Ming China by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Rowman & Littlefield and it has pages.
