Format:
1 online resource (483 pages)
ISBN:
9781684170678
Series Statement:
Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser.
Content:
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 -- 8. Performers, Paramours, and Parents -- 9. Entertaining Exemplars -- Conclusion -- Reference Matter -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674066694
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780674066694
Language:
English
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