Title Festivals, feasts, and gender relations in ancient China and Greece / Yiqun Zhou

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 373 pages) Contents Introduction: Kinship and friendship -- Among men. Greece: comrades, citizens, and boys -- China: ancestors, brothers, and sons -- Between men and women, among women. Public festivals and domestic rites -- At the table and behind the scenes -- Female experience and male imagination. What women sang of -- Conclusion Summary "Ancient China and Greece are two classical civilizations that have exerted far-reaching influence in numerous areas of human experience and are often invoked as the paradigms in East-West comparison. This book examines gender relations in the two ancient societies as reflected in convivial contexts such as family banquets, public festivals, and religious feasts. Two distinct patterns of interpersonal affinity and conflict emerge from the Chinese and Greek sources that show men and women organizing themselves and interacting with each other in social occasions intended for collective pursuit of pleasure. Through an analysis of the two different patterns, Yiqun Zhou illuminates the different sociopolitical mechanisms, value systems, and fabrics of human bonds in the two classical traditions. Her book will be important for readers who are interested in the comparative study of societies, gender studies, women's history, and the legacy of civilizations"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Sex role -- China -- History -- To 1500 Sex role -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 Festivals -- China -- History -- To 1500 Festivals -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 Fasts and feasts -- China -- History -- To 1500 Fasts and feasts -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Holidays (non-religious) Fasts and feasts Festivals Sex role China Greece Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511775253 0511775253 9780511776779 0511776772 9780511774195 0511774192 9780511762468 0511762461

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