{"product_id":"disgraceful-matters-9780520240339","title":"Disgraceful Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No other work has so persuasively demonstrated the significance of chastity in High Qing political, social and cultural lives as Theiss's investigation has done. This is a particularly enlightening read.\" - Martin Huang, author of Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China; \"Outstanding and timely, this book significantly advances our understanding of late imperial Chinese history on several fronts. Clear and lively, this is research of very high quality.\" - William T. Rowe, author of Saving the World\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments A Note on Textual Conventions A Note on Dynasties and Reigns Introduction  part one * The Chastening State: The Qing Chastity Cult in Ritual,Law,and Statecraft  Prologue: A Chaste Barbarian Martyrs Herself on the Imperial Frontier  1. Defining Gender Orthodoxy for a Multiethnic Empire  2. Statecraft and Gender Order in the Qianlong Reign  part two * Female Virtue and the Politics of Patriarchy  Prologue: A Righteous Husband Plays the Politics of the Wifely Way  3. Enforcing Gender Order: Between the Ancestral Hall and the Yamen  4. Divided Loyalties: Natal Families and the Exercise of Patrilineal Authority  5. Adultery, Incest and the Multiple Meanings of Patriarchy  part three * Mapping Chastity across Boundaries of Body,Mind,and Space  Prologue: A Compromised Widow Sacrifices Her Body to Defend Inner Virtue  6. The Wages of Wanton Mixing: Violation and Gender Disorder  7. \"Accommodating Sages\": Gender Separation in Social Practice  part four * \"Being a Person\": Female Humiliation and Social Power  Prologue: Male Impropriety and Female Outrage Lead to a Tragic End  8. The Problem of Female Moral Agency  9. The Logic of Female Suicide  Epilogue  A Note on Archival Sources Notes Bibliography Character List Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402820460887,"sku":"9780520240339","price":56.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520240339.jpg?v=1730481603","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disgraceful-matters-9780520240339","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}