Disgraceful matters : the politics of chastity in eighteenth-century China /

'Disgraceful Matters' presents a discussion of the political significance of a widespread cult of female chastity in 18th century China. Janet Theiss has studied the laws, legal cases regulations, & policies through which female virtue was defined enforced & contested.

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Theiss, Janet M., 1964- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
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