Women and Confucian cultures in premodern China, Korea, and Japan / edited by Dorothy Ko, JaHyun Kim Haboush, and Joan R. Piggott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ko, Dorothy, 1957-

Haboush, JaHyun Kim.

Piggott, Joan R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--China--History.

Women.

Confucianism--Social aspects.

Confucianism.

China.

History.

Women--Japan--History.

Japan.

Women--Korea--History.

Korea.

Physical Description:

xiii, 337 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]

Summary:

This book rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between "Confucianisms" and "women."

Contents:

Part I Scripts Of Male Dominance

1 The Patriarchal Family Paradigm in Eighth-Century Japan / Hiroko Sekiguchi Sekiguchi, Hiroko

2 The Last Classical Female Sovereign: KQken-ShQtoku TennQ / Joan R. Piggott Piggott, Joan R.

3 Representation of Females in Twelfth-Century Korean Historiography / Hai-soon Lee Lee, Hai-soon

4 The Presence and Absence of Female Musicians and Music in China / Joseph S.C. Lam Lam, Joseph S.C.

Part II Propagating Confucian Virtues

5 Women and the Transmission of Confucian Culture in Song China / Jian Zang Zang, Jian

6 Propagating Female Virtues in ChosPn Korea / Martina Deuchler Deuchler, Martina

7 State Indoctrination of Filial Piety in Tokugawa Japan: Sons and Daughters in the Official Records of Filial Piety / Noriko Sugano Sugano, Noriko

Part III Female Education In Practice

8 Norms and Texts for Women's Education in Tokugawa Japan / Martha C. Tocco Tocco, Martha C.

9 Competing Claims on Womanly Virtue in Late Imperial China / Fangqin Du Du, Fangqin, Susan Mann Mann, Susan

Part IV Corporeal and Textual Expressions of Female Subjectivity

10 Discipline and Transformation: Body and Practice in the Lives of Daoist Holy Women of Tang China / Suzanne E. Cahill Cahill, Suzanne E.

11 Versions and Subversions: Patriarchy and Polygamy in Korean Narratives / JaHyun Kim Haboush Haboush, JaHyun Kim.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-315) and index.

ISBN:

0520231058

0520231384

OCLC:

51559027