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Technology and gender: fabrics of power in late imperial China
Francesca Bray
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations and Table (page xi)
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List of Chinese Dynasties (page xiii)
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Acknowledgments (page xv)
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Introduction: The Framework of Everyday Life: Technology, Women and Cultural History (page 1)
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PART ONE / BUILDING A TRADITION: THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHINESE SOCIAL SPACE (page 49)
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1 House Form and Meaning (page 59)
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Spaces and Sources (page 59)
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The House in Late Imperial China: Material Design (page 70)
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Some Aesthetics of House Design (page 76)
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Rus in Domo (page 83)
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The Convergence of Architecture (page 88)
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2 Encoding Patriarchy (page 91)
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A Walled Domain (page 91)
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A Moral Building Block (page 93)
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The Heart of the House: Altar and Stove (page 96)
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Continuing the Family Line: The Coffin and the Bed (page 114)
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Inner Divisions: Marking the Moral Order (page 122)
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3 The Text of the Chinese House (page 151)
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Writing the Text (page 151)
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Textual Experts (page 159)
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PART TWO / WOMEN'S WORK: WEAVING NEW PATTERNS IN THE SOCIAL FABRIC (page 173)
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4 Fabrics of Power: The Canonical Meanings of Women's Work (page 183)
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The Concept of "Womanly Work": Women as Subjects (page 183)
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Cloth and Society (page 187)
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Medieval Divisions of Labor and the Value of Female Work (page 191)
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5 Economic Expansion and Changing Divisions of Labor (page 206)
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Wealth, Fashion and a New Elite: Changes in the Song Silk Industry (page 206)
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The Cotton Boom (page 212)
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Silk Production in the Ming and Qing (page 226)
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6 Women's Work and Women's Place (page 237)
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Skills, Knowledge and Status (page 239)
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Womanly Virtue and the Preservation of the Social Order (page 242)
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Women's Work and Family Status (page 252)
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Connection and Seclusion: Cloth and the Separation of Spheres (page 260)
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Women's Work and Patriarchy (page 269)
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PART THREE / MEANINGS OF MOTHERHOOD: REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR USES (page 273)
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7 Medical History and Gender History (page 283)
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Through a Glass Darkly: The Question of Efficacy (page 290)
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What is a Body? (page 297)
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Physicians, Orthodoxy and Power (page 302)
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Case Histories: Whose Voices? (page 312)
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8 Reproductive Medicine and the Dual Nature of Fertility (page 317)
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Generation in Medical Theory (page 318)
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Orthodox Uses of Abortion (page 321)
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Menstrual Regulation, Fertility and Health: A Dual Image of Womanhood (page 326)
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9 Reproductive Hierarchies (page 335)
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Children: A Qualified Blessing (page 336)
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Nature, Nuture and the Bond Between Mother and Child (page 343)
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Maternal Doubles: Wives, Concubines and Maids (page 351)
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The Wifely Role (page 358)
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Conclusion: Gynotechnics and Civilization (page 369)
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Glossary of Technical Terms (page 381)
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References Cited (page 387)
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Index (page 411)
| Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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| JAS | 57.3 (Aug. 1998): 816-818 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118%28199808%2957%3A3%3C816%3ATAGFOP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 |
| ISIS | 89.2 (Jun. 1998): 332-333 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28199806%2989%3A2%3C332%3ATAGFOP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-J |
| TC | 40.1 (1999): 173-175 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/technology_and_culture/v040/40.1br_bray.html |
Citable Link
Published: c1997
Publisher: University of California Press
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- 9780520208612 (paper)
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