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Transgressive Typologies : Constructions of Gender and Power in Early Tang China / Doran Doran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doran, Doran, author.
- Series:
- Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 103.
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN ; 9789004407077.
- Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 103
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics and literature--China--History--To 1500.
- Politics and literature.
- Women--Political activity--China--History--To 1500.
- Women.
- Women--China--History--To 1500.
- Women--China--Identity--History.
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- History.
- Women--Political activity.
- China--History--Tang dynasty, 618-907.
- China.
- China--Politics and government--581-907.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Constructions of Gender and Power in Early Tang China
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "Offers a new understanding of the powerful Chinese women leaders of the Tang era within their literary-historical contexts, and also delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Female Rule and Its Representation: Gender, Paradigm, and Historical Narrative 23
- 2 (Self) Expression and Gendered Legitimacy: Projection of Identity in Literature of the Late Seventh Century through the Jinglong Era 66
- 3 Ritual, Signs, and the Interpretation of Female Power 109
- 4 Building Power: Symbolic Architecture, Conspicuous Consumption, and Rule by Women 150
- 5 Gender Anarchy and the Rhetorical Overthrow of Female Rule 186.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Transgressive Typologies : Constructions of Gender and Power in Early Tang China,
- ISBN:
- 9781684170876
- 9780674970588
- OCLC:
- 1048119695
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684170876 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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