Divine, demonic, and disordered : women without men in Song Dynasty China /

"A variety of Chinese writings-medical texts, religious treatises, fiction, and anecdotes-from the Song period (960-1279) depict women who were considered peculiar because their sexual bodies did not belong to men. These were women who refused to marry, were considered unmarriageable, or were m...

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Main Author: Cheng, Hsiao-wen (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1d1qmr1