Women in early imperial China / Bret Hinsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinsch, Bret.

Series:

Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)

Asian voices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--China--History.

Women.

China.

History.

Women--China--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

China--History--Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.

China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.

Physical Description:

xi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]

Summary:

Filling a conspicuous gap in the scholarship on both Chinese history and gender studies, this introductory survey offers the first sustained history of women in the early imperial era. Drawing on extensive primary and secondary sources in Chinese and Japanese, Bret Hinsch paints a remarkably detailed picture of the distant past. His introductory chapters orient the nonspecialist to early imperial Chinese society; subsequent chapters explore women's roles from the multiple perspectives of kinship, wealth and work, law, government, learning, ritual, and cosmology. A rich array of line drawings, a Chinese-character glossary, and extensive notes and bibliography enhance the author's discussion. Historians and students of gender and early China alike will find this book an invaluable survey of the field. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Contents:

1 The Context: Early Imperial China 15

2 Kinship 33

3 Wealth and Work 59

4 Law 79

5 Government 93

6 Learning 111

7 Ritual 129

8 Cosmology 143.

Notes:

Originally published: Boston : Harvard University, 1994.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and index.

ISBN:

0742518728

OCLC:

48249391