Description |
1 online resource (483 p.) |
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Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser |
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Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser
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Contents |
Intro -- Courtesans, Concubines,and the Cult of Female Fidelity: Gender and Social Change in China, 1000-1400 -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Culture, Politics, and Gender in the Northern Song -- 1. Courtesans and the Northern Song Elite -- 2. The Courtesan as Concubine -- 3. Prose, Politics, and Prodigies -- PART TWO: Markets, Mayhem, and Morality in the Southern Song -- 4. Performance Anxiety -- 5. Entertainers to Ancestors -- 6. Loss, Loyalty, and Local Leverage -- PART THREE: Conquerors and Culture in the Yuan -- 7. Exemplary Entertainers |
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8. Performers, Paramours, and Parents -- 9. Entertaining Exemplars -- Conclusion -- Reference Matter -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
Subject |
Courtesans -- China -- History -- To 1500
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Man-woman relationships -- China -- History -- To 1500
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Sex role -- China -- History -- To 1500
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Wives -- China -- History -- To 1500
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Concubinage -- China -- History -- To 1500
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Women -- China -- Social conditions
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Concubinage.
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Courtesans.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Sex role.
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Wives.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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China.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781684170678 |
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1684170672 |
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