Saying All That Can Be Said - The Art of Describing Sex in Jin Ping Mei

In Saying All That Can Be Said, Keith McMahon presents the first full analysis of the sexually explicit portrayals in the Ming novel Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase). McMahon places the novel in the historical context of premodern Chinese sexual culture and echoes its way of taking sex as a vehicle for reading the world.

About the author

Keith McMahon is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Kansas.

Summary

In Saying All That Can Be Said, Keith McMahon presents the first full analysis of the sexually explicit portrayals in the Ming novel Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase). McMahon places the novel in the historical context of premodern Chinese sexual culture and echoes its way of taking sex as a vehicle for reading the world.

Product details

• Authors: Keith McMahon, McMahon Keith
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2023
• EAN: 9780674291355
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29135-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval