Lost Bodies: Prostitution and Masculinity in Chinese Fiction

This important contribution to the study of early modern Chinese fiction and representation of gender relations focuses on literary representations of the prostitute produced in the Ming and Qing periods.

About the author

Paola Zamperini, Ph.D. in Chinese Literature and Women and Gender Studies (1999), is Assistant Professor of Chinese literature at Amherst College. She has published extensively on Ming and Qing fiction, and is currently at work on her new book project, Losing It. Gambling in Chinese Literature.

Product details

• Authors: Paola Zamperini
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2010
• EAN: 9789004179783
• ISBN: 978-90-04-17978-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Women and Gender in China Stud
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories