This book is a groundbreaking study of transgender lives and practices in late imperial China. Through close readings of court cases, as well as Ming and Qing fiction and nineteenth-century newspaper accounts, Matthew H. Sommer examines the social, legal, and cultural histories of gender crossing.
This book is a groundbreaking study of transgender lives and practices in late imperial China. Through close readings of court cases, as well as Ming and Qing fiction and nineteenth-century newspaper accounts, Matthew H. Sommer examines the social, legal, and cultural histories of gender crossing.
Acknowledgments Conventions in the Text Introduction 1. Transgender Paradigms in Late Imperial China 2. The Paradigm of the Cross-Dressing Predator 3. Clergy as Wolves in Sheep's Clothing 4. Creativity Inspired by Torment? 5. The Fox Spirit Medium 6. The Truth of the Body 7. The Hustler Epilogue Character List Notes References Index
Acknowledgments Conventions in the Text Introduction 1. Transgender Paradigms in Late Imperial China 2. The Paradigm of the Cross-Dressing Predator 3. Clergy as Wolves in Sheep's Clothing 4. Creativity Inspired by Torment? 5. The Fox Spirit Medium 6. The Truth of the Body 7. The Hustler Epilogue Character List Notes References Index
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