Chinese Empresses

Chinese Empresses explores the stories of Chinese imperial women and their struggles against male authorities, challenging the notion that they were powerless victims. By analyzing details from their lives, it reveals how women gained and used political power and how male rivals opposed them. Chinese history offers numerous examples of female power, making it a valuable field for exploring the nature and applications of female power.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 282 pages
Publication date: 02 January 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Chinese Empresses is a book that explores the stories of Chinese imperial women and their struggles against male authorities who sought to curb their power. The book challenges the notion that Chinese empresses were simply hapless or powerless victims of the male-dominated political system and aims to understand how women gained and used political power and how male rivals opposed them. The book does not provide a compendium of biographies of Chinese empresses but rather analyzes details from the lives of representative empresses to understand how women gained and used political power and how male rivals opposed them. The significance of this topic extends far beyond the scope of Chinese studies, as China's monarchy stretches back to high antiquity and provides numerous case studies that can be used to understand the nature and applications of female power. Chinese chronicles offer numerous examples that reveal how rulers' consorts gained, maintained, and used power, making Chinese history the best historical field for exploring female power in detail.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 226 x 151 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538186169