Chinese Outcasts: Discrimination and Emancipation in Late Imperial China - Couverture rigide

Hansson, Anders

 
9789004105966: Chinese Outcasts: Discrimination and Emancipation in Late Imperial China
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004105964 ISBN 13 : 9789004105966
Editeur : Brill, 1996

Synopsis

Outcasts and pariahs are known to exist in several Asian countries but have usually not been associated with traditional Chinese society. Chinese Outcasts shows that some Chinese were in fact treated as outcasts or semi-outcasts. They include the boat people of South China and certain less well-known groups in different regions, including the "musicians' households" and the "fallen people". The reasons for their inferior status and perceived impurity is examined, as well as the intent behind a series of imperial emancipation edicts in the 1720s and 30s. The edict provided an escape route from inferior legal status but failed to put a quick end to customary social discrimination.

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À propos de l'auteur

Anders Hansson, Ph.D.(1988), Harvard University, currently teaches East Asian studies at the University of Edinburgh.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004105964
ISBN 13 
9789004105966
Reliure
Cuir/luxe
Nombre de pages
193
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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