A Confucian Iconography of Cao E (Maiden Cao): Narrative Illustrations of a Female Deity in Late Imperial China.

This article examines the narrative illustrations of a female deity called Cao E (Maiden Cao), a work produced in eastern Zhejiang during the post-Taiping era. It focuses on the artistic composition and the cultural implications of this iconography. Using both textual sources and pictorial materials...

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Publicado en:NAN NU -- Men, Women & Gender in Early & Imperial China Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 84 - 115
Autor principal: Chen, Gilbert
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2016
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