Concubines in Chinese society from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries

The goal of this dissertation is to provide a comprehensive study of traditional Chinese concubinage during and immediately after the Ming dynasty. The source materials used include both official and unofficial histories, biographies, and documents, legal case tales, fictional sources, modern historical works, and fictional materials. Four aspects of concubinage are analyzed: modes of entry, social status and position, honorary systems, and social mobility issues.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History, Asia, Australia and Oceania

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Sheieh, Bau Hwa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ebrey, Patricia Buckley

• History, Asia, Australia and Oceania
• Women's Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Sheieh, Bau Hwa

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9305692
(UMI)AAI9305692

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23713