The Culture of Sex in Ancient China / / Paul R. Goldin.
The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human speculation, it was an important source of imagery and terminology that informed the classical Chinese conception of social and political relationships. This sophisticated and long...
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Goldin, Paul R., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Culture of Sex in Ancient China / Paul R. Goldin. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2001] ©2001 1 online resource (544 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Aims of this Book -- 1. Imagery of Copulation -- 2. Women and Sex Roles -- 3. Sex, Politics, and Ritualization in the Early Empire -- Epilogue: Privacy and Other Revolutionary Notions at the End of the Han -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human speculation, it was an important source of imagery and terminology that informed the classical Chinese conception of social and political relationships. This sophisticated and long-standing tradition, however, has been all but neglected by modern historians. In The Culture of Sex in Ancient China, Paul Rakita Goldin addresses central issues in the history of Chinese attitudes toward sex and gender from 500 B.C. to A.D. 400. A survey of major pre-imperial sources, including some of the most revered and influential texts in the Chinese tradition, reveals the use of the image of copulation as a metaphor for various human relations, such as those between a worshiper and his or her deity or a ruler and his subjects. In his examination of early Confucian views of women, Goldin notes that, while contradictions and ambiguities existed in the articulation of these views, women were nevertheless regarded as full participants in the Confucian project of self-transformation. He goes on to show how assumptions concerning the relationship of sexual behavior to political activity (assumptions reinforced by the habitual use of various literary tropes discussed earlier in the book) led to increasing attempts to regulate sexual behavior throughout the Han dynasty. Following the fall of the Han, this ideology was rejected by the aristocracy, who continually resisted claims of sovereignty made by impotent emperors in a succession of short-lived dynasties. Erudite and immensely entertaining, this study of intellectual conceptions of sex and sexuality in China will be welcomed by students and scholars of early China and by those with an interest in the comparative development of ancient cultures. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Chinese literature 221 B.C.-960 A.D History and criticism. Chinese literature 221 B.C.-960 A.D. History and criticism. Chinese literature To 221 B.C History and criticism. Chinese literature To 221 B.C. History and criticism. Sex and history China. Sex in literature. Sex China History To 1500. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013 9783110564143 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110663259 print 9780824824051 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824864651 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824864651 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824864651/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Aims of this Book -- 1. Imagery of Copulation -- 2. Women and Sex Roles -- 3. Sex, Politics, and Ritualization in the Early Empire -- Epilogue: Privacy and Other Revolutionary Notions at the End of the Han -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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