This volume completes Keith McMahon\'s acclaimed history of Imperial Wives and royal polygamy in China.
Although restrictions on women\'s participation in politics increased dramatically after Empress Wu in the Tang, the author f.
Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor\'s plural Wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and Concubines as full-fledged participants in palace life, whether as mothers, wives, or go-betweens in the emperor\'s relations with others in the palace.
This volume completes Keith McMahon\'s acclaimed history of Imperial Wives and royal polygamy in China