Women and Family in Chinese History

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1、WomenandtheFamilyinChineseHistoryThisisacollectionofessaysbyoneoftheleadingscholarsofChinesehistory,PatriciaBuckleyEbrey.Intheessaysshehasselectedforthisfas-cinatingvolume,ProfessorEbreyexplorestheChinesefamily,gender,andkinshipsystemsaspracticesandi

2、deasintimatelyconnectedtohistoryandthereforesubjecttochangeovertime.Theessayscovertopicsrangingfromdowriesandthesaleofwomenasconcubinestothehugesizeoftheimperialharem,misunderstandingsoffootbinding,surnamesasethnicmarkers,andchangesinwaysofdealingwit

3、hthedead.PatriciaEbreyplacesthesestudiesofkinshipandgenderpracticesinhis-toricalcontext;herworkshowstheimpactofhistoricalchangeonthewayspeoplelived.Herworkrangesoverthelateimperialperiod,withaspecificfocusontheSongperiod(920–1276),atimeofmarkedsociala

4、ndculturalchangethatiswidelyviewedasthebeginningofthemodernperiodinChinesehistory.Withitswide-rangingexaminationofissuesrelatingtowomenandthefamily,thisbookwillbeessentialreadingforscholarsofChinesehistoryandgenderstudiesPatriciaBuckleyEbreyisProfess

5、orofHistoryandChineseStudiesattheUni-versityofWashington.ShehaspublishedwidelyonChinesehistory,includingTheCambridgeIllustratedHistoryofChina(CambridgeUniversityPress:1999)andInnerQuarters:MarriageandtheLivesofChineseWomenintheSungPeriod(Universityof

6、CaliforniaPress:1993).CriticalAsianScholarshipEditedbyMarkSeldenBinghamtonandCornellUniversitiesTheseriesisintendedtoshowcasethemostimportantindividualcon-tributionstoscholarshipinAsianStudies.EachofthevolumespresentsaleadingAsianscholaraddressingthe

7、mesthatarecentraltohisorhermostsignificantandlastingcontributiontoAsianstudies.TheseriesiscommittedtotherichvarietyofresearchandwritingonAsia,andisnotrestrictedtoanyparticulardiscipline,theoreticalapproachorgeographicalexpertise.SoutheastAsia:ATestame

8、ntGeorgeKahinWomenandtheFamilyinChineseHistoryPatriciaBuckleyEbreyRethinkingChina’sHistoryPaulA.CohenWomenandtheFamilyinChineseHistoryPatriciaBuckleyEbreyFirstpublished2003byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCana