Polygamy and Sublime Passion: Sexuality in China on the Verge of Modernity

by Keith McMahon

For centuries of Chinese history, polygamy and prostitution were closely linked practices that legitimized the "polygynous male," the man with multiple sexual partners. Despite their strict hierarchies, these practices also addressed fundamental antagonisms in sexual relations in serious and constructive ways. Qing fiction abounds in stories of female resistance and superiority. Women--main wives, concubines, and prostitutes--were adept at exerting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824833767
• ISBN13: 9780824833763
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"