Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China

by Matthew Harvey Sommer

Book Overview

This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, arguing that the eighteenth century in China was a time of profound change in sexual matters. During this time, the basic organizing principle for state regulation of sexuality shifted away from status, under which members of different groups had long been held to distinct standards of familial and sexual morality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00398YJ4I
• ISBN13: 9780804745598
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 8.6"