A tender voyage : children and childhood in late imperial China / Ping-chen Hsiung.

By:

Hsiung, Ping-chen, 1952-

Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.Description: xvi, 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0804741646 (alk. paper)
9780804741644 (alk. paper)
0804757542 (pbk.)
9780804757546 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

305.23/0951 22

LOC classification:

HQ792.C6 H77 2005

Contents:

Chronological table of China's dynasties. -- Introduction: Children and childhood in traditional China. -- I. Physical conditions. Treatment of children ; Newborn care ; Nursing and infant feeding. -- II. Social life. Modes of upbringing ; Domestic bond ; The emotional world. -- III. Multiplicity. Girlhood ; Concepts and realities. -- Afterword.

Review: "A Tender Voyage is the first full-length study of the history of childhood and children's lives in late imperial China. The author draws on an extraordinary range of sources to analyze both the normative concept of childhood - literary and philosophical - and the treatment and experience of children in China."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks	HQ792.C6 H77 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		TBC00009842

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-328) and index.

"A Tender Voyage is the first full-length study of the history of childhood and children's lives in late imperial China. The author draws on an extraordinary range of sources to analyze both the normative concept of childhood - literary and philosophical - and the treatment and experience of children in China."--BOOK JACKET.

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