Inner Quarters Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period

Name: Inner Quarters Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period
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ISBN: 9780520081581

ISBN-10: 0520081587

ISBN-13: 9780520081581

Edition: 1993

Authors: Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Bonnie Smith

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The Sung Dynasty (960-1279) was a paradoxical era for Chinese women. This was a time when footbinding spread, and Confucian scholars began to insist that it was better for a widow to starve than to remarry. Yet there were also improvements in women's status in marriage and property rights. In this thoroughly original work, one of the most respected scholars of premodern China brings to life what it was like to be a woman in Sung times, from having a marriage arranged, serving parents-in-law, rearing children, and coping with concubines, to deciding what to do if widowed. Focusing on marriage, Patricia Buckley Ebrey views family life from the perspective of women. She argues that the ideas,…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Notes on Conventions


The Borders of Sung China (960-1279)


Introduction



Separating the Sexes



Meanings of Marriage



Making a Match



Rites and Celebrations



Dowries



Upper-Class Wives as Inner Helpers



Women's Work Making Cloth



Husband-Wife Relations



Motherhood



Widowhood



Second Marriages



Concubines



Continuing the Family Through Women



Adultery, Incest, and Divorce



Reflections on Women, Marriage, and Change


Notes


Sources Cited


Index