Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China: A Brief History

First survey on women, gender, and sexuality throughout Chinese history Thematically arranged, it examines gendered life course, marriage, family, sexuality, medicine, women’s work, everyday life, religion, art, literature, and education Biographies of five distinguished women: an ancient royal military general and cabinet member, a Han dynasty scholar, a mover Tang dynasty literary culture, a Ming dynasty doctor, a beheaded revolutionary at the turn of the 20th century 33 primary texts of various genres, including epitaph, bronze inscription, medical text, imperial edict, law code, legal case, family letter, ghost story, divorce paper, poetry, autobiography, divination, etc. A third of them are newly translated by the author.