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This is a collection of original essays which focuses on the causes, meanings and significance of female suicides in Ming and Qing China. It is the first attemp
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Authors: Binbin Yang
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Heroines of the Qing introduces an array of Chinese women from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who were powerful, active subjects of their own lives and
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New Modern Chinese Women and Gender Politics
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The past century witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of modern Chinese women and gender politics. Whilst some revolutionary actions to rectify the feudalist