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Empress Wu Zetian in fiction and in history female defiance in Confucian China /

Main Author: Dien, Dora Shu-fang.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2003.
Subjects:
Wu hou, > 624-705.
Empresses > China
Women > History. > China
Sex role > History. > China
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10681383
Table of Contents:
  • The ideological backdrop
  • Destinies of the flowers in the mirror
  • Li Ruzhen's commentary on Chinese society
  • The rise and fall of the historical Empress Wu
  • Empress Wu's achievements
  • Gender distinctions in traditional China
  • Defiant women in legend and fiction
  • Overcoming the legacy of Confucianism: urban educated women today.

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