Migrating Fujianese : : ethnic, family, and gender identities in an early modern maritime world / / by Guotong Li.
With the Fujian coast at its center, this book reveals the intellectual, migratory and gendered relationships that tied Fijian to the Chinese imperial domain and to its overseas networks. This Fujian study also offers ways to analyze local histories of late imperial China from a more global perspect...
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| Superior document: | Women and Gender in China Studies, Volume 7 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Women and gender in China studies ;
Volume 7. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Lobbying at the Court: The Minxue (Fujian Learning) Network
- 2 Transforming Customs: Ethnicity and Gender in the Imperial Civilizing Project
- 3 Piracy Plots: Marine Predators in the Interregional Trade Network
- 4 Competing for Local Influence: Leading Families in Zhangpu County
- 5 Imagining the Empire: Fujian Guixiu (Genteel Ladies) at Home and on the Road
- 6 Sharing the Story: Imagination across Boundaries in the Lychee Mirror
- 7 Survival Strategies: Gender, Ethnicity, and Kinship
- 8 Going Overseas: Remittances and Letters across the Ocean
- Conclusion: Fujian in the Maritime World
- Appendix: Fujian Guixiu Poems Cited in Chapter 5
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index.