Disgraceful matters [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of chastity in eighteenth-century China / / Janet M. Theiss
| Disgraceful matters [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of chastity in eighteenth-century China / / Janet M. Theiss |
| Autore | Theiss Janet M. <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina | 176/.0951 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chastity
Women - China - Social conditions |
| Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
adultery chastity cult chastity shrines chastity china chinese history chinese women criminals domestic violence domesticity female chastity female sexuality female virtue femininity feminist law feminist theory gender roles gender studies gender 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 and the law women womens studies |
| ISBN |
0-520-93066-5
1-59734-581-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- PART ONE: The Chastening State: The Qing Chastity Cult in Ritual, Law, and Statecraft -- Prologue: A Chaste Barbarian Martyrs Herself on the Imperial Frontier -- 1. Defining Gender Orthodoxy for a Multiethnic Empire -- 2. Statecraft and Gender Order in the Qianlong Reign -- PART TWO: Female Virtue and the Politics of Patriarchy -- Prologue: A Righteous Husband Plays the Politics of the Wifely Way -- 3. Enforcing Gender Order: Between the Ancestral Hall and the Yamen -- 4. Divided Loyalties: Natal Families and the Exercise of Patrilineal Authority -- 5. Adultery, Incest and the Multiple Meanings of Patriarchy -- PART THREE: Mapping Chastity across Boundaries of Body, Mind, and Space -- Prologue: A Compromised Widow Sacrifices Her Body to Defend Inner Virtue -- 6. The Wages of Wanton Mixing: Violation and Gender Disorder -- 7. "Accommodating Sages": Gender Separation in Social Practice -- PART FOUR: "Being a Person": Female Humiliation and Social Power -- Prologue: Male Impropriety and Female Outrage Lead to a Tragic End -- 8. The Problem of Female Moral Agency -- 9. The Logic of Female Suicide -- Epilogue |
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Politics of chastity in eighteenth-century China
Chastity in 18th century China |
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Emblems of eloquence [[electronic resource] ] : opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / / Wendy Heller
| Emblems of eloquence [[electronic resource] ] : opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / / Wendy Heller |
| Autore | Heller Wendy Beth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
| Disciplina | 782.1/082/094531 |
| Soggetto topico |
Opera - Italy - Venice - 17th century
Women in opera |
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17th century
androgyny antiquity callisto carthage cavalli chastity classical classicism desire dido diodorus siculus drama empress erotic female characters female power female vocality feminism gender studies gender messalina monteverdi music musicology mythological women mythology nonfiction nymph octavia opera women opera ovid pallavicino performing arts purity semiramis sexuality tacitus theater transvestism venetian opera virgil women womens rights ziani |
| ISBN |
1-282-35669-0
0-520-91934-3 9786612356698 1-59734-592-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- 'Disprezzata regina' : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan. |
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Heller Wendy Beth
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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Making Chastity Sexy : The Rhetoric of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns / / Christine J. Gardner
| Making Chastity Sexy : The Rhetoric of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns / / Christine J. Gardner |
| Autore | Gardner Christine J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 261.8/35708350973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sex instruction for teenagers - Religious aspects - Christianity
Sex instruction for teenagers -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Sexual abstinence - Religious aspects - Christianity Sexual abstinence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Sexual abstinence - Study and teaching - United States Sexual abstinence -- Study and teaching -- United States Teenagers - Sexual behavior - United States Teenagers -- Sexual behavior -- United States Sexual abstinence - Christianity - Religious aspects - United States Teenagers - Sexual behavior Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences Gender Studies & Sexuality |
| Soggetto non controllato |
abstinence campaigns
american society american teens chastity movement chastity christian education evangelical christians evangelical leaders feminist ideals gender and sexuality gender politics interviews marriage and sex modern society nonfiction study persuasion pledge of abstinence rhetorical analysis sex and relationships sex saturated world sex sociology sub saharan africa theology united states virginity young people |
| ISBN |
1-283-27861-8
9786613278616 0-520-95055-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abstinence, AIDS, and Evangelicals: An Introduction -- 1. From Abstinence to Purity: The Changing Tropes of Chastity -- 2. Of Purity Rings and Pop Stars: Using Sex to Sell Abstinence -- 3. "Someday My Prince Will Come": The Fairy-tale Narrative and Female Power -- 4. Disciplining Sexuality: How American Evangelical Youth Are Committing to Abstinence-and Sticking with It -- 5. The Fractured Fairy Tale: When True Love Doesn't Wait -- 6. Fearing God, Not AIDS: Abstinence in Africa -- 7. The Condom Conflict: Saving Lives or Promoting Promiscuity? -- 8. What's Not So Great about Great Sex -- Appendix: List of Campaign Leaders -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Gardner Christine J.
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia [[electronic resource] ] : a study of sovereignty in ancient religion / / Mark Henderson Munn
| The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia [[electronic resource] ] : a study of sovereignty in ancient religion / / Mark Henderson Munn |
| Autore | Munn Mark Henderson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley and Los Angeles, Calif., : University of California Press, Ltd., 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
| Disciplina | 292.2/114 |
| Collana | The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Cybele (Goddess) - Cult - Greece - Athens - History
Cybele (Goddess) - Cult - Lydia (Kingdom) Despotism - Religious aspects - History of doctrines Religion and politics - Greece - Athens - History Religion and politics - Lydia (Kingdom) - History Sovereignty - Religious aspects - History of doctrines |
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ancient greece
aphrodite asia assyria athens babylon chastity classicism classics democracy divinity empire epic poetry feminine divine femininity gender gods and goddesses greek goddesses greek gods greek pantheon hellenism hesiod hesiodic epics homer homeric epics ishtar lydia maternal maternity mother of the gods motherhood myth mythology nonfiction panteon persian empire philosophy phrygia politics purity religion religious cults sacred marriage sexuality tyranny tyrants war western asia |
| ISBN |
1-282-35763-8
9786612357633 0-520-93158-0 1-60129-395-X |
| Classificazione | 11.15 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Sovereignty and Divinity in Classical Greek Thought -- 2. The Mother of the Gods and the Sovereignty of Midas -- 3. The Mother of the Gods and the Ideals of Lydian Tyranny -- 4. The Mother of the Gods and the Practices of Lydian Tyranny -- 5. Asia, the Oikoumēn;, and the Map of the World -- 6. The Mother of the Gods and Persian Sovereignty -- 7. Persian Sovereignty and the Gods of the Athenians -- 8. Herodotus and the Gods -- 9. The Mother of the Gods at Athens -- Bibliography -- General index -- Index of select Greek terms -- Index locorum |
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Munn Mark Henderson
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| Berkeley and Los Angeles, Calif., : University of California Press, Ltd., 2006 | ||
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