Polyandry and wife-selling in Qing dynasty China : survival strategies and judicial interventions / / Matthew H. Sommer |
Autore | Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (493 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0951/09032 |
Soggetto topico |
Married women - China - Social conditions
Polyandry - China Rural poor - China |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-520-96219-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS IN THE TEXT -- MAP: Provinces of China Proper within the Qing Empire, circa 1800 -- Introduction -- 1. "Getting a Husband to Support a Husband" -- 2. Attitudes of Families, Communities, and Women toward Polyandry -- 3. The Intermediate Range of Practice -- 4. Anatomy of a Wife Sale -- 5. Analysis of the Prices in Wife Sales -- 6. Negotiations between Men over Wife Sales -- 7. Wives, Their Natal Families, and Children -- 8. Four Variations on a Theme -- 9. Formal Law and Central Court Interpretation from Ming through High Qing -- 10. Absolutism versus Pragmatism in Central Court Treatment of Wife Sales -- 11. Flexible Adjudication of Routine Cases in the Local Courts -- Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- CHARACTER LIST -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460700803321 |
Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961->
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] | ||
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Polyandry and wife-selling in Qing dynasty China : survival strategies and judicial interventions / / Matthew H. Sommer |
Autore | Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (493 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0951/09032 |
Soggetto topico |
Married women - China - Social conditions
Polyandry - China Rural poor - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
asian culture
asian studies chinese culture chinese law chinese wives east asian history gender studies history of wife selling imperial china late imperial china marital practices in imperial china marriage and family in china marriage and sex in china marriage in china multiple spouses in china polyandry polygamy in rural poor qing china qing dynasty history qing dynasty rural poor in china second husbands in china social history of china wife selling in china wife selling in qing china |
ISBN | 0-520-96219-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS IN THE TEXT -- MAP: Provinces of China Proper within the Qing Empire, circa 1800 -- Introduction -- 1. "Getting a Husband to Support a Husband" -- 2. Attitudes of Families, Communities, and Women toward Polyandry -- 3. The Intermediate Range of Practice -- 4. Anatomy of a Wife Sale -- 5. Analysis of the Prices in Wife Sales -- 6. Negotiations between Men over Wife Sales -- 7. Wives, Their Natal Families, and Children -- 8. Four Variations on a Theme -- 9. Formal Law and Central Court Interpretation from Ming through High Qing -- 10. Absolutism versus Pragmatism in Central Court Treatment of Wife Sales -- 11. Flexible Adjudication of Routine Cases in the Local Courts -- Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- CHARACTER LIST -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797496203321 |
Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961->
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Polyandry and wife-selling in Qing dynasty China : survival strategies and judicial interventions / / Matthew H. Sommer |
Autore | Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (493 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0951/09032 |
Soggetto topico |
Married women - China - Social conditions
Polyandry - China Rural poor - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
asian culture
asian studies chinese culture chinese law chinese wives east asian history gender studies history of wife selling imperial china late imperial china marital practices in imperial china marriage and family in china marriage and sex in china marriage in china multiple spouses in china polyandry polygamy in rural poor qing china qing dynasty history qing dynasty rural poor in china second husbands in china social history of china wife selling in china wife selling in qing china |
ISBN | 0-520-96219-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS IN THE TEXT -- MAP: Provinces of China Proper within the Qing Empire, circa 1800 -- Introduction -- 1. "Getting a Husband to Support a Husband" -- 2. Attitudes of Families, Communities, and Women toward Polyandry -- 3. The Intermediate Range of Practice -- 4. Anatomy of a Wife Sale -- 5. Analysis of the Prices in Wife Sales -- 6. Negotiations between Men over Wife Sales -- 7. Wives, Their Natal Families, and Children -- 8. Four Variations on a Theme -- 9. Formal Law and Central Court Interpretation from Ming through High Qing -- 10. Absolutism versus Pragmatism in Central Court Treatment of Wife Sales -- 11. Flexible Adjudication of Routine Cases in the Local Courts -- Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- CHARACTER LIST -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817454903321 |
Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961->
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] | ||
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Sex, law, and society in late imperial China / / Matthew H. Sommer |
Autore | Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif. : , : Stanford University Press, , [2000] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : maps |
Disciplina | 306.7/0951 |
Collana | Law, society, and culture in China |
Soggetto topico |
Sex crimes - China - History
Sex and law - China - History Sex customs - China - History |
ISBN | 0-8047-6433-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- A Note on Conventions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Vision of Sexual Order -- 3 The Evolution of Rape Law: Female Chastity and the Threat of the Outside Male -- 4 The Problem of the Penetrated Male: Qing Sodomy Legislation and the Fixing of Male Gender -- 5 Widows in the Qing Chastity Cult: The Nexus of Sex and Property in Law and in Women's Lives -- 6 Sexual Behavior as Status Performance: The Regulation of Prostitution Before 1723 -- 7 The Extension of Commoner Standards: Yongzheng Reforms and the Criminalization of Prostitution -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendixes -- A Basic Legislation Against Sex Offenses -- B Qing Sodomy Legislation -- C Forced Remarriage of Chaste Widows -- D Lu Kun's "Prohibitions Issued to Yue Households" -- E Dynasties and Reign Periods -- Reference Matter -- Notes -- References -- Character List -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248025503316 |
Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961->
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Stanford, Calif. : , : Stanford University Press, , [2000] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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