Male anxiety and female chastity : a comparative study of Chinese ethical values in Ming-Chʻing times

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tian, Rukang, Author.

Series:

T°oung pao. Monographie ; v. 14.

T'oung pao. Monographie Male anxiety and female chastity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics--China.

Ethics.

Chastity.

Anxiety.

China--Social conditions--960-1644.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 172 p., [21] p. of plates ) ill., map

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Male Anxiety and Female Chastity

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Brill 1988

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Preface

Glossary

I Moral Indoctrination and Imperial Encouragement

II Social, Economic and Demographic Conditions

III Sudden Prevalence of the Cult of Female Marital Fidelity in the Late Ming Period

IV Regional Differences in the Occurrence of Female Self-Immolation

V Scholars' Frustration and Roundabout Way of Emotional Expression

VI Emotional Vulnerability of Females

VII Widespread Nature of the Cult of Female Marital Fidelity in the Ch'ing Period

Appendix: Self-Mutilating Behavior of Ko-ku

Abbreviations

Bibliography

List of Chinese Characters

Plates.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169).

ISBN:

90-04-64533-0

OCLC:

1528960435

Publisher Number:

2027/heb04232 hdl