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Sex, culture and modernity in China : medical science and the construction of sexual identities in the early Republican period /

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With the disintegration of Confucian cosmology after the fall of the imperial system in China, medical science was introduced as a foundation for social order. This study traces the emergence of new sexual identities in this period.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dikötter, Frank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [1995]
Subjects:
Youth > China > History.
Women > China > History.
Sex role > China > History.
Sexual ethics > China > History.
Sex customs > China > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:With the disintegration of Confucian cosmology after the fall of the imperial system in China, medical science was introduced as a foundation for social order. This study traces the emergence of new sexual identities in this period.
Item Description:Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 electronic text (ix, 233 pages) :) : illustrations, digital fil
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-221) and index.
ISBN:9789882202733