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The Talented Women Of The Zhang Family
Susan Mann
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Description for The Talented Women Of The Zhang Family
Paperback. The history of China in the nineteenth century usually features men as the dominant figures in a chronicle of warfare, rebellion, and dynastic decline. This book challenges that model and provides an account of the era, history as seen through the eyes of women. It reconstructs women's intimate relationships, personal aspirations, and values. Num Pages: 342 pages, 4 color illustrations, 4 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
The history of China in the nineteenth century usually features men as the dominant figures in a chronicle of warfare, rebellion, and dynastic decline. This book challenges that model and provides a different account of the era, history as seen through the eyes of women. Basing her remarkable study on the poetry and memoirs of three generations of literary women of the Zhang family - Tang Yaoqing, her eldest daughter, and her eldest granddaughter - Susan Mann illuminates a China that has been largely invisible. Drawing on a stunning array of primary materials - published poetry, gazetteer articles, memorabilia - ... Read more
The history of China in the nineteenth century usually features men as the dominant figures in a chronicle of warfare, rebellion, and dynastic decline. This book challenges that model and provides a different account of the era, history as seen through the eyes of women. Basing her remarkable study on the poetry and memoirs of three generations of literary women of the Zhang family - Tang Yaoqing, her eldest daughter, and her eldest granddaughter - Susan Mann illuminates a China that has been largely invisible. Drawing on a stunning array of primary materials - published poetry, gazetteer articles, memorabilia - ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520250901
SKU
V9780520250901
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About Susan Mann
Susan Mann is Professor of History at University of California, Davis, and was president of the Association of Asian Studies 1999-2000. She is the author of Local Merchants and the Chinese Bureaucracy, 1750-1950 (1987) and Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century (1997), which won the Joseph Levenson Prize. She is also coeditor of Under Confucian Eyes: Writings on ... Read more
Reviews for The Talented Women Of The Zhang Family
"Wonderful ... An erudite and important contribution to the social history of nineteenth-century China. Yet it reads almost like a novel." Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "[An] elegantly written and produced volume... the first serious effort to move beyond poetic output to detail the lives and background from which this output emerged." Women's Review Of Books "The hybrid form of The ... Read more