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-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reproducing women [[electronic resource] ] : medicine, metaphor, and childbirth in late imperial China / / Yi-Li Wu |
Autore | Wu Yi-Li <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/400951 |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - China - History
Women's health services - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
18th century 19th century childbearing childbirth china chinese culture chinese history conception cultural history dangers of childbirth development of medicine fuke health issues historical periods historical perspective ideological issues late imperial china late imperial medicine medical writings medicine miscarriage nonfiction pregnancy qing dynasty reproductive diseases women womens bodies womens issues womens medicine |
ISBN |
1-282-73255-2
9786612732553 0-520-94761-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition -- 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing -- 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body -- 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage -- 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth -- 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health -- Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785269403321 |
Wu Yi-Li <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reproducing women : medicine, metaphor, and childbirth in late imperial China / / Yi-Li Wu |
Autore | Wu Yi-Li <1965-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/400951 |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - China - History
Women's health services - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
18th century 19th century childbearing childbirth china chinese culture chinese history conception cultural history dangers of childbirth development of medicine fuke health issues historical periods historical perspective ideological issues late imperial china late imperial medicine medical writings medicine miscarriage nonfiction pregnancy qing dynasty reproductive diseases women womens bodies womens issues womens medicine |
ISBN |
1-282-73255-2
9786612732553 0-520-94761-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition -- 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing -- 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body -- 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage -- 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth -- 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health -- Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247974903316 |
Wu Yi-Li <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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