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Jeffreys Elaine <1960-> |
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Sex in China / / Elaine Jeffreys with Haiqing Yu |
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Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""China Today series""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Map""; ""Chronology""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations and Note on Chinese Names""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Note on Chinese Names""; ""1: Sex in China: Introduction""; ""Rethinking the History of Sex in the PRC""; ""Sex in China today""; ""2: Marriage and �Family Planning�""; ""Marriage and Divorce""; ""One Couple, One Child""; ""Marital Decision-Making""; ""Conclusion""; ""3: Youth and Sex(iness)""; ""A Youth-Led �Sexual Revolution�""; ""Performative Sexualities""; ""Sexual (Dis)Empowerment""; ""Conclusion"" |
""4: Gay, Lesbian and Queer""""Same-Sex Attraction in Chinese History""; ""Terminology and Subcultural Stratification""; ""Same-Sex Attracted Subjects in Contemporary Media""; ""�Going Out� and �Coming Home�""; ""Conclusion""; ""5: Commercial Sex""; ""Sellers and Buyers""; ""Law and Policing""; ""Health and Rights""; ""Conclusion""; ""6: Sex and Public Health""; ""China's Changing HIV Demography and Key Populations""; ""Controlling HIV and AIDS""; ""Popularizing HIV and AIDS Education""; ""Condom Promotion and Commercial Sex""; ""Conclusion""; ""7: Sex Studies"" |
""The Development of PRC Sex Studies""""Advocacy on Sexual Diversity and Rights""; ""Researching Sexualities""; ""Conclusion""; ""8: Concluding Comments""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""End User License Agreement"" |
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Sex in China introduces readers to some of the dramatic shifts that |
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have taken place in Chinese sexual behaviours and attitudes, and public discussions of sex, since the 1980s. The book explores what it means to talk about 'sex' in present-day China, where sex and sexuality are more and more visible in everyday life. Elaine Jeffreys and Haiqing Yu situate China's changing sexual culture, and how it is governed, in the socio-political history of the People's Republic of China. They demonstrate that Chinese governmental authorities and policies do not set out strictly to repress 'sex'; they als |
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