Representing Lives in China
Forms of Biography in the Ming-Qing Period 1368?1911
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Product details:
- Publisher Cornell East Asia Series
- Date of Publication 15 October 2019
- ISBN 9781939161918
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages478 pages
- Size 229x152x37 mm
- Weight 907 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 14 Halftones, black & white 54
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Long description:
The chapters in this ground-breaking volume examine the complex practices of biographical writing in Ming and Qing China. The authors draw on a rich variety of sources to answer some basic questions: Who were the writers of these texts and the subjects of their biographical constructions? What motivated these textual productions and sustained the routes from (re)creations to (re)publications? The informed and fascinating readings illuminate the enduring appeal of representing and represented lives in Chinese history.
In Representing Lives in China: Forms of Biography in the Ming-Qing Period 1368?1911, editors Ihor Pidhainy, Roger V. Des Forges, and Grace S. Fong bring together contributors to explore biographical constructions and reconstructions in China from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first century. [T]his volume showcases a collective effort to exhibit the richness and significance of life representations in China based on a variety of source material.
MoreTable of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
I Searching for the Subjects: Life Stories and Biographical Accounts
1. Kubilai's Empresses: Biographical Perspectives George Q Zhao
2. Surname Restoration Petitions and the Mutability of the Patriline in Ming China Joe Dennis
3. The Chinese Scholar-Rebel-Advisor Li Yan in the History and Literature of the Twentieth Century Roger Des Forges
4. Between Collaboration and Resistance: The Third Way of Mao Xiang (1611-1693) Jun Fang
II Understanding the Authors: Portraying lives in Various Media
5. Wang Shizhen as Biographer: Genres and Agendas Kenneth Hammond
6. Painting a Dual Biography Elizabeth Kindall
7. Engendering Lives: Women as Self-Appointed and Sought-After Biographers in the Qing Dynasty Grace S. Fong
III Following the Texts: Creation, Publication, and Transmission
8. Re-Collecting Yue Fei: Yue Ke, Jintuo cui bian, and the Making of a Chinese Hero Leo Shin
9. Fathers and Sons in the Mingshi: A Thematic Reading of a State History Ihor Pidhainy
10. Loyalty, History, and Empire: Qian Qianyi and his Korean Biographies Sixiang Wang
11. From Female Martyrs to Worthy Mothers: The Shift in Exemplary Women's Biographies in the Ming and Qing Dynastic Histories Jolan Yi
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices/Tables
Index
About Contributors
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