Chinese women in the imperial past
Subtitle: new perspectives
By: edited by Harriet T. Zurndorfer.
Contributors: Zurndorfer, Harriet Thelma.
Series: Sinica Leidensia,; v. 44
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Leiden [Netherlands]; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Women -- China -- History -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "The present volume is the result of a Leiden workshop on Women in Imperial China by a group of international scholars. In recent years Chinese women and gender studies have attracted more and more attention, and as such this is the first work encompassing the major aspects of this subject. It covers a wide range of topics and disciplines, including anthropology, bibliography, demography, history, legal studies, literature, medicine, history of medicine, psychology, and philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.