CHALICE & BLADE in CHINESE CULTURE: GENDER RELATIONS & SOCIAL MODELS/CHINA/1995 - $374 - (Harpers Ferry, WV)
THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE IN CHINESE CULTURE: GENDER RELATIONS AND SOCIAL MODELS. CHINESE PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH GROUP. MIN JIAYIN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. Beijing, China : China Social Sciences Publishing House, 1995. First Edition. Scarce. A solid and attractive scarce book. From the Foreword: "In the Preface to the Chinese edition of my book The Chalice and the Blade: Our history, Our Future, I expressed the hope that Chinese archaeologists, folklorists, historians, and other scholars will probe the roots in Chinese culture of the two basic types of social organization that my work identifies: the partnership and dominator models. I wrote that I could only speculate about whether,as appears to have been the case in the WEst, there was in China also "a time before the force-backed domination of man over woman and over other men became 'normal'." I pointed to suggestions of this in writings such those of Laozi emphasizing the essential need for balance between yin and yang. I Also pointed tot he continuing veneration in China of female deities as beneficent life-giving and compassionate goddesses. I noted the persistence of much that is stereotypically considered feminine in Chinese culture -- all the way from the strong aesthetic sensibilities tot he very strong valuing of community, affiliation and piety, w1hich are int he WEst generally associated with a feminine ethos..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thick Octavo - sized hardcover book with dust jacket; 636 pages of text with numerous illustrations. Near Fine condition: no torn or missing pages; no writing or markings in the text; no ownership markings. Original hardcover binding, with almost no wear. Very Good+ condition dust jacket, with only light wear. A solid and attractive copy of this book. Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will…
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