Inside the world of the eunuch : (Record no. 1584)

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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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fixed length control field 181202s2018 cc ac b 001 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789888455751 (hardback)
International Standard Book Number 9888455753 (hardback)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1076831057
Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)1051681795
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Language of cataloging eng
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DS754.12
Item number .D35 2018
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dale, Melissa S.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Inside the world of the eunuch :
Remainder of title a social history of the emperor's servants in Qing China /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Melissa S. Dale.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Hong Kong :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Hong Kong University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2018.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 223 p. :
Other physical details ill.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction : The other side of eunuch history -- The palace eunuch system -- Routes to the palace -- Unrobing the emasculated body -- Entering the emperor's realm -- The parallel world of the eunuch : eunuch society -- Running away from the palace -- Eunuch suicide : punishment, not compassion -- Authorized exits from the system : sick leave, retirement, discharge, and death -- Surviving the fall of the Qing : Chinese eunuchs post 1911 -- Appendix 1 : Reign titles and dates of the Qing emperors -- Appendix 2 : Eunuch suicide regulations -- Appendix 3 : Eunuch temples -- Appendix 4 : Eunuch cemeteries
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The history of Qing palace eunuchs is defined by a tension between the role eunuchs were meant to play and the life they intended to live. This study tells the story of how a complicated and much-maligned group of people struggled to insert a degree of agency into their lives. Rulers of the Qing dynasty were determined to ensure the eunuchs' subservience and to limit their influence by imposing a management style based upon strict rules, corporal punishment, and collective responsibility. Few eunuchs wielded significant political power or lived in a lavish style during the Qing dynasty. Emasculation and employment in the palace placed eunuchs at the center of the empire, yet also subjected them to servile status and marginalization by society. Seeking more control over their lives, eunuchs serving the Qing repeatedly tested the boundaries of subservience to the emperor and the imperial court. This portrait of eunuch society reveals that Qing palace eunuchs operated within two parallel realms, one revolving around the emperor and the court by day and another among the eunuchs themselves by night where they recreated the social bonds--through drinking, gambling, and opium smoking--denied them by their palace service. Far from being the ideal servants, eunuchs proved to be a constant source of anxiety and labor challenges for the Qing court. For a long time eunuchs have simply been cast as villains in Chinese history. Inside the world of the eunuch goes beyond this misleadingly one-dimensional depiction to show how eunuchs actually lived during the Qing dynasty.
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Eunuchs
Geographic subdivision China.
651 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name China
General subdivision Court and courtiers
-- History.
Geographic name China
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
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