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This book, originally published in 2002, argues that the Mongol invasion of the thirteenth century precipitated a transformation of marriage and property law in China that deprived women of their property rights and reduced their legal and economic autonomy. It describes how after a period during which women's property rights were steadily improving, and laws and practices affecting marriage and property were moving away from Confucian ideals, the Mongol occupation created a new constellation of property and gender relations that persisted to the end of the imperial era. It shows how the Mongol-Yüan rule in China ironically created the conditions for radical changes in the law, which for the first time brought it into line with the goals of Learning the Way Confucians and which curtailed women's financial and personal autonomy. The book evaluates the Mongol invasion and its influence on Chinese law and society.

Women --- Feminism --- Social conditions. --- China --- Social conditions --- S10/0210 --- S11/0710 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--General works and economic history: before 1840 --- China: Social sciences--Women: general and before 1949 --- Femmes --- Conditions sociales --- Chine --- History of Asia --- Sung [Dynasty] --- anno 900-999 --- anno 1000-1099 --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1200-1299 --- anno 1300-1399 --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Women - Social conditions --- China - Social conditions - 960-1644

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In the first comprehensive analysis of Chinese masculinity. Kam Louie uses the concepts of wen (cultural attainment) and wu (martial valour) to explain attitudes to masculinity. This revises most Western analyses of Asian masculinity that rely on the yin-yang binary. Examining classical and contemporary Chinese literature and film, the book also looks at the Chinese diaspora to consider Chinese masculinity within and outside China.

Men --- Masculinity --- Hommes --- Masculinité --- China --- Chine --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes --- S11/0730 --- S11/0740 --- S11/0745 --- S11/0710 --- S11/0607 --- S11/0600 --- S11/0700 --- S02/0200 --- S16/0474 --- China: Social sciences--Women: since 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Sexual life: general and before 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Sexual life: since 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Women: general and before 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Symbols --- China: Social sciences--Customs, etiquette --- China: Social sciences--Clan and family: general and before 1949 (incl. names, clan rules) --- China: General works--Civilization and culture --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Lao She --- Masculinité --- Human males --- Human beings --- Males --- Effeminacy --- Masculinity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology)