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Celestial women : imperial wives and concubines in China from Song to Qing /

"This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged participants in palace life, whether...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McMahon, Keith (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Subjects:
Emperors' spouses > China > History.
Mistresses > China > History.
Polygamy > Political aspects > China > History.
Concubinage > China > History.
China > Politics and government > 960-1644.
China > Politics and government > 1644-1912.
Emperors' spouses > China > Biography.
Mistresses > China > Biography.
Women > Political activity > China > History.
Sex role > China > History.
Concubinage.
Emperors' spouses.
Mistresses.
Politics and government.
Polygamy > Political aspects.
Sex role.
Women > Political activity.
China.
960-1912
Biography.
History.

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Call Number: DS750.78 .M35 2016
 
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