Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China: A Brief History

ISBN-13: 9781138647015 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 202 str.

Ping Yao

Opis

Women, Gender and Sexuality in China serves as a focal textbook for undergraduate courses on women, gender, and sexuality in Chinese history. Thematically structured, it surveys important aspects of gender systems and gender practices throughout Chinese history, from the earliest period to the modern era.

Spis treści

1. Life Courses and Gender Roles  2. Marriage and Family  3. Sex, Body, and Medicine  4. Labor, Profession, and Everyday Life  5. Religions  6. Arts, Literature, and Education  7. Five Women to Remember

O autorze

Ping Yao is professor of history at California State University Los Angeles. Her research focuses on medieval Chinese women’s experiences and religious practice. She has published extensively in both English and Chinese, including, most recently, Chinese Funerary Biographies: An Anthology of Remembered Lives.