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Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China (Hardcover, New)
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Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAA East Asian Series
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"Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China" is the richest
exploration to date of late imperial Chinese literati interest in
male-love. Employing primary sources such as miscellanies
(including diaries and letters), poetry, fiction and "flower
guides," the author argues that male homoeroticism played a central
role in cultural life of late imperial Chinese literati elites.
Countering recent arguments that homosexuality was marginalized and
disparaged during this period, this book also seeks to trace the
relationship of homoeroticism to status and power, arguing that
existing paradigms for the study of sexuality, centered on identity
and behavior, must be extended and placed within the larger context
of a sexual culture. Only with this shift in methodological focus
is it possible to accurately account for the distinctive character
of homoerotic sensibilities in late imperial China.
In addition to historical analysis the book also develops the
concept of "sensibilities" as a methodfor interpreting the complex
range of homoerotic texts produced in late imperial China,
recognizing a need to think about sexuality not only in terms of
behavior and identity but also in terms of culture: not necessarily
national culture, but particular cultures in which practices and
identities are given meaning and evaluated. Such an approach,
employing a combination of historical and textual strategies,
allows us to account for the rise in homoeroticism in late Qing
China as a significant and far reaching sensibility (feng) that in
turn acted upon the wider cultural landscape.
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