Sex Law and Society in Late Imperial China 1st Edition by Matthew Harvey Sommer ISBN 0804745595 9780804745598

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ISBN 10: 0804745595

ISBN 13: 9780804745598 

Author: Matthew Harvey Sommer

This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status.

Table of contents:

1. Frontmatter

2. A Note on Conventions

3. Introduction

4. A Vision of Sexual Order

5. The Evolution of Rape Law: Female Chastity and the Threat of the Outside Male

6. The Problem of the Penetrated Male: Qing Sodomy Legislation and the Fixing of Male Gender

7. Widows in the Qing Chastity Cult: The Nexus of Sex and Property in Law and in Women’s Lives

8. Sexual Behavior as Status Performance: The Regulation of Prostitution Before 1723

9. The Extension of Commoner Standards: Yongzheng Reforms and the Criminalization of Prostitution

10. Conclusion

11. Appendix A: Basic Legislation Against Sex Offenses

12. Appendix B: Qing Sodomy Legislation

13. Appendix C: Forced Remarriage of Chaste Widows

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