LDR 01520nam a22002417a 4500 001 IFS203572 005 20091023143347.0 020 _a9780804758086 040 _cIFS 041 _aeng 100 1 _aLu, Weijing 245 10 _aTrue to Her Word _bThe Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China _cWeijing Lu 260 _aStanford, California _bStanford University Press _c2008 300 _a[8], 347 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm. 504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 _aMoral heroism and craving for extremes : the Ming period (13681644) -- Putting young heroines in the spotlight : the seventeenth century -- The state and the social webs of exaltation : the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Dissuading the resolute : the families of faithful maidens -- Dying for an ideal : the choice of suicide -- A young life, a long journey : living as a faithful maiden -- Old rituals and new questions : the faithful maiden debate. 650 0 _aSociety -- Sociology -- Women -- Imperial China 650 0 _aSociety -- social Life and customs -- Women 856 41 _3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2007037545.html 906 _a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg 955 _asf10 2007-09-14 _isf10 2007-09-14 (subj. rev. sf12) _aaa28 2007-09-18 _aps13 2008-04-18 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.; _alg13 2008-06-20 copy 2 added 999 _c339584 _d339584 952 _r2009-11-08 _x09420666 _40 _e6 _00 _621850386 _9204386 _10 _o2185/0386 _d2009-10-23 _z203572 _70 _c1 _g59.78 _yBOOK _aIFS