Chapter Four Nei-Wai, Gender Distinctions, and Ritual Propriety

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Confucianism, Chinese-Ness, and Ren Virtuous Personhood 15
6. Yin-Yang, Gender Attributes, and Complementarity 45
7. Nei-Wai, Gender Distinctions, and Ritual Propriety 69
8. Didactic Texts for Women and the Womanly Sphere of NEI 95
9. Chinese Sexism and Confucianism 119
10. Toward a Confucian Feminism—Feminist Ethics in-the-Making 149
11. Notes 161
12. Bibliography 185
13. Index 197