The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Othe...

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This book is a groundbreaking study of transgender lives and practices in late imperial China. Through close readings of court cases, as well as Ming and Qing fiction and nineteenth-century newspaper accounts, Matthew H. Sommer examines the social, legal, and cultural histories of gender crossing.

Über den Autor

Matthew H. Sommer is the Bowman Family Professor of History at Stanford University. He is the author of Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China (2000) and Polyandry and Wife-Selling in Qing Dynasty China: Survival Strategies and Judicial Interventions (2015).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Conventions in the Text
Introduction
1. Transgender Paradigms in Late Imperial China
2. The Paradigm of the Cross-Dressing Predator
3. Clergy as Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
4. Creativity Inspired by Torment?
5. The Fox Spirit Medium
6. The Truth of the Body
7. The Hustler
Epilogue
Character List
Notes
References
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780231214131
ISBN-10:	0231214138
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Sommer, Matthew H.
Hersteller:	Columbia University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	228 x 151 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew H. Sommer
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.03.2024
Gewicht:	0,566 kg