1. WOMEN AND THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER IN EARLY MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. TABLES ix
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
6. INTRODUCING PALACE WOMEN 1
7. 1. WOMEN AND THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER IN EARLY MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA 22
8. 2. WOMEN IN CLASSIC MAYA ROYAL COURTS 45
9. 3. WOMEN AND POWER AT THE BYZANTINE COURT 65
10. 4. BEYOND HAREM WALLS 81
11. 5. MUGHAL PALACE WOMEN 96
12. 6. POLITICS IN AN AFRICAN ROYAL HAREM 115
13. 7. QING IMPERIAL WOMEN 137
14. 8. THE ROYAL WOMEN OF IVAN IV’S FAMILY 8 AND THE MEANING OF FORCED TONSURE 159
15. 9. SERVANTS OF THE INNER QUARTERS 172
16. 10. WOMEN OF VERSAILLES, 1682–1789 191
17. 11. CONCUBINES AND CLOTH 215
18. 12. WOMEN, ROYALTY, AND INDIGO DYEING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, CIRCA 1500–1807 232
19. 13. GENDER AND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE SONG COURT 261
20. 14. THE VANISHED WOMEN OF KOREA 280
21. THE PERILS OF THE SENTIMENTAL FAMILY FOR ROYALTY IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY FRANCE 299
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 327
23. CONTRIBUTORS 359
24. INDEX 363