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Book SynopsisA Tender Voyage is the first full-length study of the history of childhood and children's lives in late imperial China.
Trade Review"This book contains a feast for the reader... The Chinese past is seen by [Hsiung] as an alternative world that questions and complicates our sense of children and childhoods. The value of this subfield is that it opens up new windows on our humanity, nothing less." --
H-Net Reviews"A definitive work."--
CHOICE"This is a fascinating and well-researched book..." --
Asian Affairs"In this collection of eight essays, Professor Hsiung explores fresh material to address topics related to children and early childhood in late imperial China. Overall, the book makes a remarkable contribution to the study of children and childhood in Chinese history. It enables readers to view the subject from various perspectives and to recognize its multifaceted nature and complexity." --
Bulletin of the Institute of Modern History"The greatest strengths of Hsiungs study are the great breadth of material she is able to draw on, and the sophistication with which she applies Western theoretical approaches in interpreting those sources." --
American Historical Review"This volume is a
tour de force that provides many insightful glimpses into the late imperial childs world....This superb book should be of interest to anyone interested in Chinese cultural history." --
Journal of Asian Studies"The appearance of Ping-chen Hsiung's excellent book, the result of more than twenty years of research, is indeed an occasion for celebration." --
China Review International"The author's encyclopedic reading has yielded a densely woven fabric of anecdote and story that iams to connect emotional worlds of the past with today's readers. The resulting book, which was extraordinarily popular in its Chinese version, also has something to teach English readers about the complexity of contemporary Chinese perspectives on Confucian traditions." --
Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of ContentsList of Figures Chronological Table of China's Dynasties Preface Introduction: Children and Childhood in Traditional China 1. Physical Conditions * Treatment of Children * Newborn Care * Nursing and Infant Feeding 2. Social Life 3. Multiplicity * Girlhood * Concepts and Realities 4. Modes of Upbringing * Domestic Bond * The Emotional World Afterword Notes Works Cited Character List Index
