Saying All That Can Be Said The Art of Describing Sex in Jin Ping Mei |
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| Author:
| McMahon, Keith |
| Series title: | Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-29135-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2023 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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In Saying All That Can Be Said, Keith McMahon presents the first full analysis of the sexually explicit portrayals in the Ming novel Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase). McMahon places the novel in the historical context of premodern Chinese sexual culture and echoes its way of taking sex as a vehicle for reading the world.
In Saying All That Can Be Said, Keith McMahon presents the first full analysis of the sexually explicit portrayals in the Ming novel Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase). McMahon places the novel in the historical context of premodern Chinese sexual culture and echoes its way of taking sex as a vehicle for reading the world.