Sex, culture and modernity in China : medical science and the construction of sexual identities in the early Republican period /

Sex, culture and modernity in China : medical science and the construction of sexual identities in the early Republican period /

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With the disintegration of Confucian cosmology after the fall of the imperial system in China, medical science was introduced as a foundation for social order. This study traces the emergence of new sexual identities in this period.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dikötter, Frank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [1995]
Subjects:
Youth > China > History.
Women > China > History.
Sex role > China > History.
Sexual ethics > China > History.
Sex customs > China > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The passive sex: the naturalization of gender distinctions
  • Sexual desire and human procreation
  • "Four hundred million sublings": the regulation of "population"
  • "Civlization is syphilization": the cultural meanings of "disease"
  • The cultural construction of "youth"
  • Epilogue: the regulation of sexuality in the People's Republic
  • Bibliography
  • Character list
  • Index.