{"product_id":"orthodox-passions-maram-epstein-9780674241176","title":"Orthodox Passions: Narrating Filial Love During the High Qing","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Maram Epstein identifies filial piety as the dominant expression of love in Qing dynasty texts. At a time when Manchu regulations made chastity the primary metaphor for obedience and social duty, filial discourse increasingly embraced the dramatic and passionate excesses associated with late-Ming chastity narratives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQing texts, especially those from the Jiangnan region, celebrate modes of filial piety that conflicted with the interests of the patriarchal family and the state. Analyzing filial narratives from a wide range of primary texts, including local gazetteers, autobiographical and biographical \u003ci\u003enianpu\u003c\/i\u003e records, and fiction, Epstein shows the diversity of acts constituting exemplary filial piety. This context, \u003ci\u003eOrthodox Passions\u003c\/i\u003e argues, enables a radical rereading of the great novel of manners \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e (ca. 1760), whose absence of filial affections and themes make it an outlier in the eighteenth-century sentimental landscape. By decentering romantic feeling as the dominant expression of love during the High Qing, \u003ci\u003eOrthodox Passions\u003c\/i\u003e calls for a new understanding of the affective landscape of late imperial China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maram Epstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674241177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674241176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020","brand":"Maram Epstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086759866623,"sku":"9780674241176","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ae75160-43ec-4c32-bae1-0f92f9c5a182.jpg?v=1769096414","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orthodox-passions-maram-epstein-9780674241176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}