Accidental Incest, Filial Cannibalism, and Other Peculiar Encounters in Late Imperial Chinese Literature

Tina Lu

  • 2008 Ranis Prize, Yale University
  • Maps and Figures
  1. The Play as Map of the Empire
  2. The Geography of Exchange
  3. Reunions and Dynastic Fall
  4. Exchange Across Borders
  5. The Arithmetic of Filial Piety
  6. Jinpingmei and the Bounds of Community
  7. Hongloumeng and the Borders of Family
  • Epilogue: The Public and the Populace, or Thoughts on a Genre
  • Character List
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Cover: Accidental Incest, Filial Cannibalism, and Other Peculiar Encounters in Late Imperial Chinese Literature

Tina Lu is Professor of Chinese Literature at Yale University.