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Gender and sexuality in modern Chinese history /

"Gender and sexuality have been neglected topics in the history of Chinese civilization, despite the fact that philosophers, writers, parents, doctors, and ordinary people of all descriptions have left reams of historical evidence on the subject. Moreover, China's late imperial government...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mann, Susan, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:New approaches to Asian history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Gender, Sexuality, and the State
  • Family and state: the separation of the sexes
  • Traffic in women and the problem of single men
  • Sexuality and gender relations in politics and law
  • Part II. Gender, Sexuality, and the Body
  • The body in medicine, art, and sport
  • The body adorned, displayed, concealed, and altered
  • Abandoning the body: female suicide and female infanticide
  • Part III. Gender, Sexuality, and the Other
  • Same-sex relationships and trans-gendered performance
  • Sexuality in the creative imagination
  • Sexuality and the Other
  • Conclusion: gender, sexuality and, citizenship
  • Afterword: Gender and sexuality: useful categories of historical analysis?