Disgraceful Matters : the Politics of Chastity in Eighteenth-Century China.

Looking beyond the familiar trappings of the cult of female chastity - such as hagiographies of widows and chastity shrines - in late imperial China, this book explores the cult's political significance and practical ramifications in everyday life during the eighteenth century. In the first ful...

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Main Author: Theiss, Janet M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
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