Orthodox Passions: Narrating Filial Love During the High Qing

by Maram Epstein

In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Maram Epstein identifies filial piety as the dominant expression of love in Qing dynasty texts. At a time when Manchu regulations made chastity the primary metaphor for obedience and social duty, filial discourse increasingly embraced the dramatic and passionate excesses associated with late-Ming chastity narratives.

Qing texts, especially those from the Jiangnan region, celebrate modes of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674241177
• ISBN13: 9780674241176
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"