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Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,156
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Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950 (Hardcover): Raquel A. G. Reyes, William G.Clarence- Smith

Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950 (Hardcover)

Raquel A. G. Reyes, William G.Clarence- Smith

Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

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Non-reproductive sex practices in Asia have historically been a source of fascination, prurient or otherwise, for Westerners, who being either Catholic or Protestant, were often struck by what they perceived as the widespread promiscuity and licentiousness of native inhabitants. Graphic descriptions, and pious denunciations, of sodomy, bestiality, transvestitism, and incest, abound in Western travel narratives, missionary accounts, and ethnographies. But what constituted indigenous sexual morality, and how was this influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, and Christianity over time and place? What sex practices were tolerated or even encouraged by society, community, and religious ritual, and what acts were considered undesirable, transgressive and worthy of punishment?

Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600-1950 is the first book to foreground same- sex acts and pleasure seeking in the histories of India, China, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia. Drawing on a range of indigenous and foreign sources, the contributors, all renowned experts in their fields, shed light on indigenous notions of gender and the body, social hierarchies, fundamental ideas concerning morality and immorality, and episodes of seduction. The book illuminates - in striking case studies attitudes toward non-procreative sex acts, and representations and experiences of same-sex pleasure seeking in the histories of Asia.

This path-breaking book is an important contribution to the study of gender and sexuality in Asian cultures and will also interest students and scholars of world history.

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
Release date: May 2012
First published: 2012
Editors: Raquel A. G. Reyes • William G.Clarence- Smith
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-60059-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > Sexual relations
LSN: 0-415-60059-6
Barcode: 9780415600590

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