After eunuchs : science, medicine, and the transformation of sex in modern China / Howard Chiang.
After eunuchs : science, medicine, and the transformation of sex in modern China / Howard Chiang.
After eunuchs : science, medicine, and the transformation of sex in modern China / Howard Chiang.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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G 2018/5223
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : towards a genealogy of sex -- China castrated -- Vital visions -- Deciphering desire -- Mercurial matter -- Transsexual Taiwan -- Conclusion : China trans formed.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
For much of Chinese history, the eunuch stood out as an exceptional figure at the margins of gender categories. Amid the disintegration of the Qing Empire, men and women in China began to understand their differences in terms of modern scientific knowledge. In After Eunuchs, Howard Chiang traces the genealogy of sexual knowledge from the demise of...
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After eunuchs : science, medicine, and the transformation of sex in modern China / Howard Chiang.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-375) and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/5223
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74VKV86jMozd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV86jMozd
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ISBN
9780231185783 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0231185782
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305.30951
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991024187514002626
