Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity. By Beverly Bossler. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2013. Pp. ix, 480. $39.95.)

Autor: Katherine Carlitz
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: The Historian. 77:588-590
ISSN: 1540-6563
0018-2370
DOI: 10.1111/hisn.12072_39
Popis: The intertwining ideologies of female martyrdom and widow fidelity formed one of the most notable features of late imperial Chinese society. This multifaceted cult was most prominent in the Ming an...
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