Hsieh Bao Hua

Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the long course of late imperial Chinese history, servants and concubines formed a vast social stratum in the hinterland along the Grand Canal, particularly in urban areas. Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China is a survey of the institutions and practice of concubinage and servitude in both the general populace and the imperial palace, with a focus on the examination of Ming-Qing political and socioeconomic history through the lives of this particular group of distinct yet associated individuals. The persistent theme of the book is how concubines, appointed by patriarchal polygamy, and servants, laboring under the master-servants hierarchy, experienced interactions and mobility within each institution and in associating with the other. While reviewing how ritual and law treated concubines and servants as patriarchal possessions, the author explores the perspectives available for individualconcubines and servants and the limitations in their daily circumstances, searching for their "positional powers" and "privilege of the inferiors" in the context of Chinese culture during the Ming-Qing time period. For a list of the book's tables and their sources, please see: http://www.wou.edu/wp/hsiehb

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739145166
• Artikelnr.: 41205206

Autorenporträt

Hsieh Bao Hua is professor of history at Western Oregon University.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: CONCUBINES AND SERVANTS IN THE GENERAL POPULACE Chapter One: The
Dimension of Human Trafficking Chapter Two: The Path of a Concubine Chapter
Three: Domestic Servants, Office Attendants, and Apprentices PART II:
IMPERIAL CONSORTS AND SERVANTS Chapter Four: Booi Elite and Harangga
Chapter Five: Ming Serving-Women Chapter Six: Qing Serving-Women and
Eunuchs Chapter Seven: Ritual Canon and Imperial Harem Conclusion