PDF-[READ]-Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China

In this feminist history of eight centuries of private life in China Francesca Bray inserts women into the history of technology and adds technology to the history of women Bray takes issue with the Orientalist image that traditional Chinese women were imprisoned in the inner quarters deprived of freedom and dignity and so physically and morally deformed by footbinding and the tyrannies of patriarchy that they were incapable of productive work She proposes a concept of gynotechnics a set of everyday technologies that define womens roles as a creative new way to explore how societies translate moral and social principles into a web of material forms and bodily practicesBray examines three different aspects of domestic life in China tracing their developments from 1000 to 1800 AD She begins with the shell of domesticity the house focusing on how domestic space embodied hierarchies of gender She follows the shift in the textile industry from domestic production to commercial production Despite increasing emphasis on womens reproductive roles she argues this cannot be reduced to childbearing Female hierarchies within the family reinforced the power of wives whose responsibilities included ritual activities and financial management as well as the education of children. 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A branded unisex capsule collection consisting of three garments and complementing accessories, that meets the needs of the modern user and make their life easier e.g. integrating wearable technology within garments, and enabling them to carry possessions such as phones and money/cards.. Political disunity following the collapse of the Han dynasty. During this time, many Chinese people began to migrate south. Partly a natural migration. Partly due to the nomads from the north creeping in. Do you know the difference between. Imperial China and how it is governed today? . . What does Imperial mean? . 15 Imperial dynasties ruled from 2200BC - 1911. Last dynasty - Manchu Were they Chinese? Why is this important?. Tokunaga, Michio & Bloom, Alfred (2000). In this feminist history of eight centuries of private life in China, Francesca Bray inserts women into the history of technology and adds technology to the history of women. Bray takes issue with the Orientalist image that traditional Chinese women were imprisoned in the inner quarters, deprived of freedom and dignity, and so physically and morally deformed by footbinding and the tyrannies of patriarchy that they were incapable of productive work. She proposes a concept of gynotechnics, a set of everyday technologies that define women\'s roles, as a creative new way to explore how societies translate moral and social principles into a web of material forms and bodily practices.Bray examines three different aspects of domestic life in China, tracing their developments from 1000 to 1800 A.D. She begins with the shell of domesticity, the house, focusing on how domestic space embodied hierarchies of gender. She follows the shift in the textile industry from domestic production to commercial production. Despite increasing emphasis on women\'s reproductive roles, she argues, this cannot be reduced to childbearing. Female hierarchies within the family reinforced the power of wives, whose responsibilities included ritual activities and financial management as well as the education of children. One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy\'s instrumental role in Japan\'s rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire stridently confronting, in 1941, the world\'s most powerful nation. Years of painstaking research and analysis of previously untapped Japanese-language resources have produced this remarkable study of the navy\'s dizzying development, tactical triumphs, and humiliating defeat. Unrivaled in its breadth of coverage and attention to detail, this important new history explores the foreign and indigenous influences on the navy\'s thinking about naval warfare and how to plan for it. 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