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Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History

By Anne Walthall

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0520254449, 9780520254442, 9780520254435
LCC
HQ1122 .S47 2008
Open Library ID
OL10434994M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1920118 bytes)
Series
California World History Library
Edition
1
Pages
398\398
Topic
History
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe, this work opens a new perspective on the monarchies that have dominated much of human history. Written by leading historians, anthropologists, and archeologists, these lively essays take us from Mayan states to twentieth-century Benin in Nigeria, to the palace of Japanese Shoguns, the Chinese Imperial courts, eighteenth-century Versailles, Mughal India, and beyond. Together they investigate how women's roles differed, how their roles changed over time, and how their histories can illuminate the structures of power and societies in which they lived. This work also furthers our understanding of how royal courts, created to project the authority of male rulers, maintained themselves through the reproductive and productive powers of women.

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