18th century
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chastity
chastity cult
chastity shrines
china
chinese history
chinese women
criminals
domestic violence
domesticity
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female chastity
female sexuality
female virtue
femininity
feminist law
feminist theory
gender
gender roles
gender studies
hagiography
imperial china
imperialism
innocent
justice system
laws
legal cases
legal system
politics
purity
qing
rape
sexual assault
sexual harassment
sexual morality
sexual virtue
suicide
widows
women
women and the law
womens studies
Product details
- ISBN 9780520240339
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jan 2005
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Looking beyond the familiar trappings of the cult of female chastity - such as hagiographies of widows and chastity shrines - in late imperial China, this book explores the cult's political significance and practical ramifications in everyday life during the eighteenth century. In the first full-length study of the subject, Janet Theiss examines a vast number of laws, legal cases, regulations, and policies to illustrate the social and political processes through which female virtue was defined, enforced, and contested. Along the way, she provides rich details of social life and cultural practices among ordinary Chinese people through narratives of criminal cases of sexual assault, harassment, adultery, and domestic violence.
Janet M. Theiss is Associate Professor of History at the University of Utah.
