A01=Bret Hinsch
Author_Bret Hinsch
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Chinese women
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Song China
women
Yuan China
Product details
- ISBN 9781538144916
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 161 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 16 Dec 2020
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This deeply researched book provides an original history of Chinese women during the pivotal Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368). Bret Hinsch explores the most important aspects of female life in this era?political power, family, work, inheritance, religious roles, and emotions?and considers why the status of women declined during this period.
Bret Hinsch is professor of history at Fo Guang University, Yilan, Taiwan. He is the author of Women in Ancient China, Women in Early Medieval China, Women in Early Imperial China, Women in Imperial China, Masculinities in Chinese History,and The Rise of Tea Culture in China.
