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Lost bodies : prostitution and masculinity in Chinese fiction / by Paola Zamperini

Author
Zamperini, Paola
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) : illustrations
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Paradise lost : the fantastic childhood of a courtesan to be -- Lost and found : the socialization of the prostituted body -- Family matters : patterns of solidarity and discord in the brothel -- Nobody's son : prostitution and the disintegration of the family romance -- Taking flight poverty, sickness, and death -- Epilogue : back to the future : nostalgia and prostitution.
Summary
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. Following her heavily symbolic body, the present work maps this fictional heroine's journey from innocence to sex-work and beyond. This crucial angle allows the author to paint a picture of gender identity, sexuality, and desire that is at once unitary and multi-layered, and that comes to illuminate some of the major themes in the construction of Chinese modernity.
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ISBN
9789047444084 (electronic bk.)
9047444086 (electronic bk.)
128295122X
9781282951228
9789004179783
900417978X
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text file
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-238) and index.
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