Chinese femininities, chinese masculinities : a reader / / edited by Susan Brownell and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Thomas Laqueur

• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (476 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.3/0951
• Soggetto topico: Sex role - China; Femininity - China; Masculinity - China
• Altri autori: BrownellSusan WasserstromJeffrey N
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; Introduction: Theorizing Femininities and Masculinities; PART ONE: Gender and the Law; PART TWO: Ideals of Marriage and Family; PART THREE: Gender in Literary Traditions; PART FOUR: Dangerous Women and Dangerous Men; PART FIVE: The Gender of Rebels; PART SIX: Blood, Qi, and the Gendered Body; PART SEVEN: Shifting Contexts of Gender and Sexuality; PART EIGHT: Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity; Afterword: Putting Gender at the Center; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The past two centuries have witnessed tremendous upheavals in every aspect of Chinese culture and society. At the level of everyday life, some of the most remarkable transformations have occurred in the realm of gender. Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities is a mix of illuminating historical and ethnographic studies of gender from the 1700's to the present.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese femininities, chinese masculinities
• ISBN: 0-520-93530-6; 1-59734-534-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823082803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asia (Columbia University. East Asian Institute) ; ; 4.