Gender, Power, and Talent

The Journey of Daoist Priestesses in Tang China

Autor*innen

• Jinhua Jia

Parameter

• 352 Seiten
• 13 Lesestunden

• China
• Sachbücher

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Jinhua Jia draws on a wealth of previously untapped sources to explain how Daoist priestesses marked themselves as a distinct gendered religious and social group. The first comprehensive study of the lives and roles of Daoist priestesses in Tang China, Gender, Power, and Talent restores women to the landscape of Chinese religion and literature.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Einband: Hardcover