LEADER 03861nam 2200661 450 001 996247910203316 005 20231019182633.0 010 $a0-585-10433-6 010 $a0-520-91900-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520919006 035 $a(CKB)111000211187688 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084929 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084929 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10007508 035 $a(PQKB)11699726 035 $a(DE-B1597)543086 035 $a(OCoLC)1149450698 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520919006 035 $a(dli)HEB02385 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000003898693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30642550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30642550 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211187688 100 $a20231019d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTechnology and Gender $eFabrics of Power in Late Imperial China /$fFrancesca Bray 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aBerkeley ;$aLos Angeles, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[1997] 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations 300 $a"A Philip E. Lilienthal book." 311 $a0-520-20861-7 311 $a0-520-20685-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tIllustrations and Table --$tChinese Dynasties --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. House Form and Meaning --$t2. Encoding Patriarchy --$t3. The Text of the Chinese House --$t4. Fabrics of Power --$t5. Economic Changing Expansion and Divisions of Labor --$t6. Women's Work and Women's Place --$t7. Medical History and Gender History --$t8. Reproductive Medicine and the Dual Nature of Fertility --$t9. Reproductive Hierarchies --$tConclusion --$tGlossary of Technical Terms --$tReferences Cited --$tIndex 330 $aIn this feminist history of eight centuries of private life in China, Francesca Bray inserts women into the history of technology and adds technology to the history of women. Bray takes issue with the Orientalist image that traditional Chinese women were imprisoned in the inner quarters, deprived of freedom and dignity, and so physically and morally deformed by footbinding and the tyrannies of patriarchy that they were incapable of productive work. She proposes a concept of gynotechnics, a set of everyday technologies that define women's roles, as a creative new way to explore how societies translate moral and social principles into a web of material forms and bodily practices.Bray examines three different aspects of domestic life in China, tracing their developments from 1000 to 1800 A.D. She begins with the shell of domesticity, the house, focusing on how domestic space embodied hierarchies of gender. She follows the shift in the textile industry from domestic production to commercial production. Despite increasing emphasis on women's reproductive roles, she argues, this cannot be reduced to childbearing. Female hierarchies within the family reinforced the power of wives, whose responsibilities included ritual activities and financial management as well as the education of children. 606 $aSex role$zChina$xHistory 606 $aWomen$zChina$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen$xSocial conditions 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions$y1644-1912 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions$y960-1644 615 0$aSex role$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 676 $a305.30951 700 $aBray$b Francesca$0248942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247910203316 996 $aTechnology and gender$91191884 997 $aUNISA