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Manchu widows and ethnicity in Qing China
Comparative studies in society and history • 41 (1) • Published In 1999 • Pages: 33-71
By: Elliott, Mark C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article the author examines the status and role of widows in order to gain insight into gender relations in Manchu China. Although before and near the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Manchu widows were free to remarry, however, over time chastity became the rule, in part for Manchu elites to gain Confucian legitimacy, but more significantly, the author argues, to control their women's fertility, in an effort to control the reproduction of banner society on which Manchu hegemony depended.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Gender status
- Ethnic stratification
- Ethics
- Secondary marriages
- Celibacy
- Suicide
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Manchu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1644-1911
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mark C. Elliott
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60023653
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Manchus