The fox spirit, the stone maiden, and other transgender histories from late imperial China /
"In Transgender in Imperial China, Matthew Sommer offers a close reading of a series of remarkable, well-documented court cases from the 18th and 19th century Qing dynasty legal archives that deal with sex and gender difference. The book explores practices in their specific historical context a...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/somm21412 |
Table of Contents:
- Transgender Paradigms in Late Imperial China
- The Paradigm of the Cross-Dressing Predator
- Clergy as Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
- Creativity Inspired by Torment?
- The Fox Spirit Medium
- The Truth of the Body
- The Hustler.