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Fables for the patriarchs : gender politics in Tang discourse / Jowen R. Tung.

By: Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2000.Description: xvi, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0847695123 (alk. paper)
  • 9780847695126 (alk. paper)
  • 0847695131 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780847695133 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Fables for the patriarchs.; Online version:: Fables for the patriarchs.DDC classification:
  • 305.3/0951 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1767 .T86 2000
Contents:
The Tang paradoxes -- Imperial discourse and its discontent. The dragon's ministers ; Fate of the imperial daughters ; Monument without inscription: the case of Wu Zhao -- Sacrificial lamb: the case of Yang Yuhuan. Internal split of the imperial subjects ; The making and unmaking of Confucian wives ; Problematics of male desires ; Icons of flesh -- Self-representation of the Tang. Logic of the unconscious ; Desire against decorum ; In feminine voice -- Literati in love: the case of Li Shangyin ; Resurrected voices ; The shaping of female tradition ; Against boudoir lament -- Epilogue.
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The Tang paradoxes -- Imperial discourse and its discontent. The dragon's ministers ; Fate of the imperial daughters ; Monument without inscription: the case of Wu Zhao -- Sacrificial lamb: the case of Yang Yuhuan. Internal split of the imperial subjects ; The making and unmaking of Confucian wives ; Problematics of male desires ; Icons of flesh -- Self-representation of the Tang. Logic of the unconscious ; Desire against decorum ; In feminine voice -- Literati in love: the case of Li Shangyin ; Resurrected voices ; The shaping of female tradition ; Against boudoir lament -- Epilogue.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index.

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