Wanton Women in Late-Imperial Chinese Literature - Models, Genres, Subversions and Traditions

In Wanton Women in Late-Imperial Chinese Literature, the essay contributors explore how from the late Ming onward images of sexually transgressive women developed across a range of genres as women and men addressed tensions between past ideals and lived worlds.

About the author

Mark Stevenson, Ph.D. (2000, University of Melbourne) is an Honorary Fellow at Victoria University, Melbourne, and currently teaches Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His publications on sexuality in Chinese history include Homoeroticism in Imperial China (Routledge, 2013).
Wu Cuncun, Ph.D. (2002, University of Melbourne) is Associate Professor in Chinese Literature, University of Hong Kong. Her most recent book is Drama Beyond the Drama: The Private Apartment System and Beijing Theatre Culture, 1790-1911 (HKU Press, forthcoming, in Chinese).

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2017
• EAN: 9789004339156
• ISBN: 978-90-04-33915-6
• No. of pages: 226
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Women and Gender in China Stud
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law