Celestial Women

Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
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Author: Keith McMahon ISBN: 9781442255029
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: April 21, 2016
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Keith McMahon
ISBN: 9781442255029
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: April 21, 2016
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

This volume completes Keith McMahon’s acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor’s plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged participants in palace life, whether as mothers, wives, or go-betweens in the emperor’s relations with others in the palace. Although restrictions on women’s participation in politics increased dramatically after Empress Wu in the Tang, the author follows the strong and active women, of both high and low rank, who continued to appear. Dynastic history ended in China when the prohibition that women should not rule was defied for the final time by Dowager Cixi, the last great monarch before China’s transformation into a republic.

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This volume completes Keith McMahon’s acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor’s plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged participants in palace life, whether as mothers, wives, or go-betweens in the emperor’s relations with others in the palace. Although restrictions on women’s participation in politics increased dramatically after Empress Wu in the Tang, the author follows the strong and active women, of both high and low rank, who continued to appear. Dynastic history ended in China when the prohibition that women should not rule was defied for the final time by Dowager Cixi, the last great monarch before China’s transformation into a republic.

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