Lost bodies : prostitution and masculinity in Chinese fiction / by Paola Zamperini.

This important contribution to the study of early modern Chinese fiction and representation of gender relations focuses on literary representations of the prostitute produced in the Ming and Qing periods. Following her heavily symbolic body, the present work maps this fictional heroine's journe...

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Main Author: Zamperini, Paola
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Women and gender in China studies ; v. 3.
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Summary:This important contribution to the study of early modern Chinese fiction and representation of gender relations focuses on literary representations of the prostitute produced in the Ming and Qing periods. Following her heavily symbolic body, the present work maps this fictional heroine's journey from innocence to sex-work and beyond. This crucial angle allows the author to paint a picture of gender identity, sexuality, and desire that is at once unitary and multi-layered, and that comes to illuminate some of the major themes in the construction of Chinese modernity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-238) and index.
ISBN:9789047444084
9047444086
128295122X
9781282951228
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.