Passions of the Cut Sleeve - The Male Homosexual Tradition in China

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Info autore

Bret Hinsch is professor of history at Fo Guang University, Yilan, Taiwan.

Riassunto

Drawing from dynastic histories, erotic novels, popular Buddhist tracts, love poetry, legal cases and joke books, "Passions of the Cut Sleeve" evokes the complex male homosexual tradition in China from the Bronze Age until its decline in recent times.

Testo aggiuntivo

"This is an important book . . . [that] may help to bring about a more accurate awareness among East Asian peoples that hatred of same-sex eroticism is a prejudice that is alien to their rich cultural heritage."

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bret Hinsch, Hinsch Bret
• Con la collaborazione di: Bret Hinsch (Editore)
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.12.1992
• EAN: 9780520078697
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07869-7
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; China, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay Studies (Gay Men), SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics