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Sex, culture and modernity in china Cover Image E-book E-book

Sex, culture and modernity in china

Dikötter, Frank. (Author).

Summary: 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: 9781282750173
  • ISBN: 1282750178
  • ISBN: 9789622093829
  • ISBN: 9622093825
  • ISBN: 988220273X (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9789882202733 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 233 p.) : ill.
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  • Publisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 1995.

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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.
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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.
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