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Women Shall Not Rule
Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Han to Liao
Taschenbuch von Keith McMahon
Sprache: Englisch

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Chinese emperors guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, in some cases hundreds and even thousands. Women Shall Not Rule offers a fascinating history of imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony-rivalry between women and their attempts to engage in politics. Besides ambitious empresses and concubines, these vivid stories of the imperial polygamous family are also populated with prolific emperors, wanton women, libertine men, cunning eunuchs, and bizarre cases of intrigue and scandal among rival wives.

Keith McMahon, a leading expert on the history of gender in China, draws upon decades of research to describe the values and ideals of imperial polygamy and the ways in which it worked and did not work in real life. His rich sources are both historical and fictional, including poetic accounts and sensational stories told in pornographic detail. Displaying rare historical breadth, his lively and fascinating study will be invaluable as a comprehensive and authoritative resource for all readers interested in the domestic life of royal palaces across the world.
Chinese emperors guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, in some cases hundreds and even thousands. Women Shall Not Rule offers a fascinating history of imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony-rivalry between women and their attempts to engage in politics. Besides ambitious empresses and concubines, these vivid stories of the imperial polygamous family are also populated with prolific emperors, wanton women, libertine men, cunning eunuchs, and bizarre cases of intrigue and scandal among rival wives.

Keith McMahon, a leading expert on the history of gender in China, draws upon decades of research to describe the values and ideals of imperial polygamy and the ways in which it worked and did not work in real life. His rich sources are both historical and fictional, including poetic accounts and sensational stories told in pornographic detail. Displaying rare historical breadth, his lively and fascinating study will be invaluable as a comprehensive and authoritative resource for all readers interested in the domestic life of royal palaces across the world.
Über den Autor
Keith McMahon is professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Kansas.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue: Sexual Politics and State Politics
>Chapter 1: The Institution and Values of Royal Polygamy
Chapter 2: Empresses and Consorts of the Former Han, 206 BCE-25 CE
Chapter 3: The Later Han to the End of the Western Jin, 25-317
Part II: The Eastern Jin to the Reign of Wu Zetian, 317-712
Chapter 4: The Period of Disunity, 317-589
>Part III: The High Tang to the Liao, 712-1125
>Chapter 7: The Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, and the Liao, 907-1125
Selected Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 310
ISBN-13: 9781538141946
ISBN-10: 1538141949
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McMahon, Keith
Hersteller: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Maße: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Keith McMahon
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.03.2020
Gewicht: 0,506 kg
preigu-id: 118110500
Über den Autor
Keith McMahon is professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Kansas.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue: Sexual Politics and State Politics
>Chapter 1: The Institution and Values of Royal Polygamy
Chapter 2: Empresses and Consorts of the Former Han, 206 BCE-25 CE
Chapter 3: The Later Han to the End of the Western Jin, 25-317
Part II: The Eastern Jin to the Reign of Wu Zetian, 317-712
Chapter 4: The Period of Disunity, 317-589
>Part III: The High Tang to the Liao, 712-1125
>Chapter 7: The Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, and the Liao, 907-1125
Selected Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 310
ISBN-13: 9781538141946
ISBN-10: 1538141949
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McMahon, Keith
Hersteller: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Maße: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Keith McMahon
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.03.2020
Gewicht: 0,506 kg
preigu-id: 118110500
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