'Lifen Wu' in OBA Collectie

Biografie van de zevende-eeuwse Chinese keizerin, die door intriges wist op te klimmen van concubine tot alleenheerseres en daarna voor niets terugdeinsde om zich in die positie te handhaven.

Employing primary sources such as miscellanies, poetry, fiction and 'flower guides', Wu Cuncun argues that male homoeroticism played a central role in the cultural life of late imperial Chinese literati elites. Countering recent arguments that homosexua...

Reputedly the first American-born woman of Chinese descent to become a physician, Margaret Chung (1889-1959) gained wide recognition as a supporter of the Allied cause during the 1930s and 1940s.This article examines the historical significance of her l...