Women in Early Medieval China

This important study provides the only comprehensive survey of Chinese women during the early medieval period of disunion known as the Six Dynasties, which lasted from the fall of the Eastern Han dynasty in AD 220 to the reunification of China by the Sui dynasty in AD 581.

List of contents

Chronology of Medieval Chinese Dynasties and Eras
Introduction
1 Family
2 Mothers
3 Politics
4 Work
5 Religion
6 Learning
7 Virtue
8 Ideals
Conclusion: An Awakening of Female Consciousness
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Bret Hinsch is professor of history at Fo Guang University, Yilan, Taiwan. He is the author of Women in Ancient China, Women in Early Imperial China, Women in Imperial China, Masculinities in Chinese History, and The Rise of Tea Culture in China.

Summary

This important study provides the only comprehensive survey of Chinese women during the early medieval period of disunion known as the Six Dynasties, which lasted from the fall of the Eastern Han dynasty in AD 220 to the reunification of China by the Sui dynasty in AD 581.

Product details

• Authors: Bret Hinsch, Hinsch Bret
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781538117965
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-1796-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Asian Voices; Asian Voices
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, Asian History, Gender studies, gender groups