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