The culture of sex in ancient China /

The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human speculation, it was an important source of imagery and terminology that informed the classical Chinese conception of social and political relationships. This sophisticated and long...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldin, Paul Rakita, 1972- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press ©2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqhd2
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Aims of This Book
  • 1. Imagery of Copulation
  • 2. Women and Sex Roles
  • 3. Sex, Politics, and Ritualization in the Early Empire
  • Epilogue: Privacy and Other Revolutionary Notions at the End of the Han.