Transgressive Typologies Constructions of Gender and Power in Early Tang China |
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| Author:
| Doran, Rebecca |
| Series title: | Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-97058-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Rebecca Doran offers a new understanding of major female figures of the Tang era--including Wu Zhao, Empress Wei, and Shangguan Wan'er--within their literary-historical contexts, and delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction.
Rebecca Doran offers a new understanding of major female figures of the Tang era--including Wu Zhao, Empress Wei, and Shangguan Wan'er--within their literary-historical contexts, and delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction.