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Sex, culture and modernity in china [electronic resource] / Frank Dikötter.
With the disintegration of Confucian cosmology after the fall of the imperial system in China, medical science was introduced as a foundation for social order. This study traces the emergence of new sexual identities in this period.
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- ISBN: 9789882202733 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 988220273X (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1282750178
- ISBN: 9781282750173
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 233 p.) : ill.
- Publisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 1995.
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| General Note: | Multi-User. OldControl:muse9789882202733 "Multi-User" Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-221) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover13; -- Title Page -- Verso -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Passive Sex: The Naturalization of Gender Distinctions -- Chapter 3. Sexual Desire and Human Procreation -- Chapter 4. 'Four Hundred Million Siblings': The Regulation of 'Population' -- Chapter 5. 'Civilization is Syphilization': The Cultural Meanings of 'Disease' -- Chapter 6. The Cultural Construction of 'Youth' -- Chapter 7. Epilogue: The Regulation of Sexuality in the People's Republic -- Bibliography -- Character List -- Index. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Social Science. Women > China > History. PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality. Sex role. SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction. Youth > China > History. Sex customs. Sex role > China > History. Sexual ethics > China > History. Sexual ethics. Women. Sex customs > China > History. Youth. China. |
| Genre: | History. Electronic books. Electronic books. Electronic books. |
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