Women in Qing China

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Av Bret Hinsch

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This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). 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 ethics. He considers not only women’s experiences but also their emotional lives and the ideals they pursued. Drawing on a wide range of Western, Japanese, and Chinese primary and secondary sources—including standard histories, poetry, prose literature, and epitaphs—Hinsch makes an important period of Chinese women’s history accessible to Western readers.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-03-10
Mått156 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt363 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAsian Voices
Antal sidor222
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538166406

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This survey of women’s history during China’s Qing era (1644–1912) is one in a series and follows the pattern that Hinsch has established in works on earlier dynasties and eras. The introduction provides an overview of the Qing era, with attention to changes in gender dynamics. Thematic chapters follow addressing family life, marriage, government policies relating to women, women’s economic status, women’s education, conceptions of female virtue, and predominant cultural images of women. The final chapter examines the transformation in thinking about women that accompanied the collapse of the Qing in the decades around 1900, as Chinese people encountered and promoted new concepts of citizenship and social equality. Concise and well written, this book will be useful in courses on the Qing and on women’s history. Topics such as the cult of chastity, foot-binding, and gynecology are discussed with reference to current scholarship. Translations of primary sources, such as poetry illuminating women’s lives, enliven the text. The excellent bibliography encompasses the most important studies on Qing women’s history in English and Chinese. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.