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Negotiating Autonomy: A Narrative Analysis of Women’s Agency and Capital during the Tang Dynasty in Chinese History

Jing Hou, Xiaoming Tian, Zeyu Zhang

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 1-14 · 10.55121/card.v6i1.1017

This study investigates the agency of women in the Tang Dynasty through Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework of agency and capital, using three female figurines from the Shaanxi History Museum as primary objects of analysis. Depicting women in elaborate makeup, on horseback, and in men’s clothing, these figurines are examined