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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Autor Principal: Sommer, Matthew Harvey, 1961- (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]
Acceso en liña: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.