Women and Sexuality in China: Dominant Discourses of Female Sexuality and Gender Since 1949

Women and Sexuality in China: Dominant Discourses of Female Sexuality and Gender Since 1949 image
ISBN-10:

0745613985

ISBN-13:

9780745613987

Author(s): Evans, Harriet
Edition: 1
Released: Jan 23, 1997
Publisher: Polity
Format: Paperback, 280 pages
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Description:

Since the early 1980s sex and sexuality have become prominent themes of public debate in China after three decades during which discourses on sexuality were subject to stringent ideological controls This book analyses the ways in which sex and sexuality have been discussed in The People s Republic of China since 1949 It examines a wide range of materials the official and popular press women s magazines sex education publications self help guides and medical advice pamphlets and compares and contrasts the various discourses of sexuality and the meanings associated with woman that emerge from them It considers the role of the state in matters of sexuality and argues that women s sexuality has been consistently targeted as a site for the regulation of general standards of sexual and social conduct This is a highly original contribution to the growing body of literature on women and gender in China It will appeal to students and scholars of modern and contemporary China and to all those engaged in current debates about sexuality and gender in international feminist scholarship

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