Chinese femininities, chinese masculinities : a reader / edited by Susan Brownell and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Thomas Laqueur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brownell/Wasserstrom, Author.

Contributor:

Brownell, Susan.

Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.

Series:

Asia (Columbia University. East Asian Institute) ; 4.

Asia--Local studies/global themes ; 4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--China.

Sex role.

Femininity--China.

Femininity.

Masculinity--China.

Masculinity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The past two centuries have witnessed tremendous upheavals in every aspect of Chinese culture and society. At the level of everyday life, some of the most remarkable transformations have occurred in the realm of gender. Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities is a mix of illuminating historical and ethnographic studies of gender from the 1700's to the present.

Contents:

ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; Introduction: Theorizing Femininities and Masculinities; PART ONE: Gender and the Law; PART TWO: Ideals of Marriage and Family; PART THREE: Gender in Literary Traditions; PART FOUR: Dangerous Women and Dangerous Men; PART FIVE: The Gender of Rebels; PART SIX: Blood, Qi, and the Gendered Body; PART SEVEN: Shifting Contexts of Gender and Sexuality; PART EIGHT: Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity; Afterword: Putting Gender at the Center; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9780520935303

0520935306

9781597345347

1597345342

OCLC:

55529750

Publisher Number:

2027/heb04243 hdl