Dr Sarah Dauncey

Core Researcher

2000 PhD (Chinese Studies), Durham; 1995 MA (East Asian Research), Durham; 1993 BA (Chinese Studies), Durham.

Selected publications

'Sartorial Modesty and Genteel Ideals in the Late Ming,' chapter 6 of D. Berg and C. Starr eds., Gentility in China: Perceptions and Ideals , Stanford: Stanford University Press (forthcoming 2006).

'Illusions of Grandeur: Perceptions of Status and Wealth in Late-Ming Female Clothing & Ornamentation,' East Asian History 25/26 (2004): 43-68.

'Bonding, Benevolence, Barter and Bribery: Female Gift-Giving and Social Communication in the Jin Ping Mei ,' Nannü: Men, Women & Gender in Early & Imperial China 5.2 (2003): 203-239.