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Disgraceful Matters: The Politics of Chastity in Eighteenth-Century China
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by Janet M. Theiss
Sales Rank: 793694
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 296 pages
Published by: University of California PressEdition: 1st Edition January 10, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0520240332
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0520240339
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
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 looks at 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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"An important contribution to the rapidly growing Chinese gender studies field. No other work has so persuasively demonstrated the significance of chastity in High Qing political, social and cultural lives as Theiss's investigation has done. The author's analyses are nuanced and her conclusions compelling. This is a particularly enlightening read."--Martin Huang, author of Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China
"Outstanding and timely, this book significantly advances our understanding of late imperial Chinese history on several fronts. Theiss tells us a great deal that is new about cultural attitudes of this era. Clear and lively, this is research of very high quality."--William T. Rowe, author of Saving the World: Chen Hongmou and Elite Consciousness in Eighteenth-Century China
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