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100 1  Mou, Sherry J.,|d1954-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n98045996|eauthor. 
245 10 Gentlemen's prescriptions for women's lives :|ba thousand 
       years of biographies of Chinese women /|cSherry J. Mou. 
264  1 London :|bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,|c2015. 
300    1 online resource 
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500    "An east gate book." 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of 
       Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 
       Explanatory Notes; Chronology of Early Chinese Dynasties; 
       1. From The Biographies of Women to the Biographies of 
       Chaste Women; Introduction; Women in the Confucian 
       Tradition; Summary of the Book; 2. Appropriating Women; 
       Introduction; Rectification of the Name; The Formulaic 
       Structure; The Biographies; Conclusion; 3. Subjecting 
       Women to Histories; Introduction; Hou Han shu (History of 
       the Later Han Dynasty [25-220]); Jin shu (History of the 
       Jin Dynasty [265-420]); Conclusion 
505 8  Illustrations for Biographies follow page 1124. 
       Reinventing Women; Introduction; Wei shu (History of the 
       Wei Dynasty [386-556]); Sui shu (History of the Sui 
       Dynasty [581-618]); Bei shi (History of the Northern 
       Dynasties [386-581]); Conclusion; 5. Writing Virtues with 
       Their Bodies; Introduction; The Paradigms: Chinese 
       Womanhood of the Tang Dynasty (618-907); Interpreting the 
       Inconsistencies: The Undercurrents in the Biographies; 6. 
       Conclusion: A Biography Tradition That Is Not; Setting 
       Examples: The Paradigm of Motherhood and the Separation of
       the Imperial and the Common 
505 8  The Reintroduction of Women: Gendering VirtuesOfficial 
       Honoring and Willful Oblivion: The Names of Women; From 
       Signs to Symbols: Writing Chastity with Their Bodies; 
       Toward a Coherent Reading of the Lienü zhuan Tradition; 
       Appendixes; A.1: The Biographies of Women: Chapter 
       Introductions; A.2: The Biographies of Women: Chapter and 
       Biography Titles; A.3: The Biographies of Women: 
       Biographies by Chapter; B: Dates and Compilers of 
       ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters in the First Nineteen 
       Official Histories 
505 8  C.1: Introductions (Xu) and Eulogies (Zan) from 
       ""Biographies of Women"": Chapters in the First Nineteen 
       Official HistoriesC.2: Introductions (Xu) and Eulogies 
       (Zan) from ""Biographies of Women"": Chapters in the First
       Nineteen Official Histories (in Chinese); D: ""Biographies
       of Women"" Chapters in Hou Han shu and Jin shu; E: 
       Comparison Among ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters in Wei 
       shu, Sui shu, and Bei shi; F: ""Biographies of Women"" 
       Chapters in Wei shu, Sui shu, and Bei shi; G: Comparison 
       Between the Two Tang Histories' ""Biographies of Women"" 
       Chapters 
505 8  H: Paradigms, Virtues, and Expressions in the 
       ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters in the Two Tang 
       HistoriesGlossary; Bibliography; Index 
520    As far back as the first century BCE, Chinese dynastic 
       historians - all men - began recording the achievements of
       Chinese women and creating a structure of understanding 
       that would be used to limit and control them. To men, 
       these women became role models for their daughters and 
       wives; to the few literate women readers, they became 
       paradigms for their own behavior. Thus, although these 
       biographies are descriptive by nature, they actually 
       became prescriptive. Gentlemen's Prescriptions for Women's
       Lives is an enlightening source for studying Chinese women
       of the Imperial era as well as for unders. 
588 0  Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed 
       July 22, 2015). 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
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776 08 |iPrint version:|aMou, Sherry J.|tGentlemen's 
       Prescriptions for Women's Lives: A Thousand Years of 
       Biographies of Chinese Women|dHoboken : Taylor and Francis,
       c2015|z9780765608673 
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