Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities: A Reader (Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes)
Contributors: Susan Brownell (Editor); Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780520221161
Subjects: Asian studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Women's studies; Sex role; Gender Studies; Social Science; Sociology; China; Men's Studies - General; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Gender Studies; Femininity; Masculinity
First sentence: Historians have long described notions of womanhood and the social conditions of women during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with reference to the so-called cult of female chastity.