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Lost Bodies: Prostitution and Masculinity in Chinese Fiction

Lost Bodies: Prostitution and Masculinity in Chinese Fiction( )
Author: Zamperini, P.
Zamperini, Paola
Series title:Women and Gender in China Studies
ISBN:978-1-282-95122-8
Publication Date:Jan 2010
Publisher:BRILL
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $133.00
Book Description:

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...
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Pages:251



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