Women and the Family in Chinese History

This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, it explores features of the Chinese family, gender and kinship systems and places them in an historical context.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Women, Money, and Class: Sima Guang and neo-Confucian views on women 2. Concubines in Song China 3. Shifts in Marriage Finance: The sixth through thirteenth centuries 4. The Women in Liu Kezhuang's Family 5. The Early Stages of the Development of Descent Group Organization 6. Cremation in Song China 7. Surnames and Han Chinese Identity 8. Rethinking the Imperial Harem: Why were there so many women? 9. Gender and Sinology: Shifts in Western interpretations of footbinding, 1300-1890

About the author

Professor Buckley Ebrey is Professor of History and Chinese Studies at the University of Washington. She has published widely on Chinese history.

Summary

This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, it explores features of the Chinese family, gender and kinship systems and places them in an historical context.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Ebrey, Ebrey Patricia
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2002
• EAN: 9780415288224
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28822-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 720 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General