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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..
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1644-1911
- Coverage Place
- China
- Notes
- Mark C. Elliott
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 60023653
- LCSH
- Manchus