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Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History Book

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  • Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History
  • Written by author Anne Walthall
  • Published by University of California Press, June 2008
  • Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe, this work opens a new perspective on the monarchies that h
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Introducing Palace Women Anne Walthall Walthall, Anne 1

1 Women and the Performance of Power in Early Modern Southeast Asia Barbara Watson Andaya Andaya, Barbara Watson 22

2 Women in Classic Maya Royal Courts Takeshi Inomata Inomata, Takeshi 45

3 Women and Power at the Byzantine Court Kathryn M. Ringrose Ringrose, Kathryn M. 65

4 Beyond Harem Walls: Ottoman Royal Women and the Exercise of Power Leslie P. Peirce Peirce, Leslie P. 81

5 Mughal Palace Women Ruby Lal Lal, Ruby 96

6 Politics in an African Royal Harem: Women and Seclusion at the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan Kaplan, Flora Edouwaye S. 115

7 Qing Imperial Women: Empresses, Concubines, and Aisin Gioro Daughters Shuo Wang Shuo, Wang 137

8 The Royal Women of Ivan IV's Family and the Meaning of Forced Tonsure Isolde Thyret Thyret, Isolde 159

9 Servants of the Inner Quarters: The Women of the Shogun's Great Interior Hata Hisako Hisako, Hata 172

10 Women of Versailles, 1682-1789 Kathryn Norberg Norberg, Kathryn 191

11 Concubines and Cloth: Women and Weaving in Aztec Palaces and Colonial Mexico Susan Toby Evans Evans, Susan Toby 215

12 Women, Royalty, and Indigo Dyeing in Northern Nigeria, circa 1500-1807 Heidi J. Nast Nast, Heidi J. 232

13 Gender and Entertainment at the Song Court Beverly Bossler Bossler, Beverly 261

14 The Vanished Women of Korea: The Anonymity of Texts and the Historicity of Subjects JaHyun Kim Haboush Haboush, JaHyun Kim 280

15 The Perils of the Sentimental Family for Royalty in Postrevolutionary France: The Case of Queen Marie-Amelie Jo Burr Margadant Margadant, Jo Burr 299

Bibliography327

List of Contributors 359

Index 363


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