Research Catalog

Title

Sex in China / Elaine Jeffreys with Haiqing Yu.

Author

Jeffreys, Elaine, 1960-

Publication

Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

Yu, Haiqing, 1970-

Description

ix, 232 pages : illustrations, map; 21 cm

Summary

Sex in China introduces readers to some of the dramatic shifts that have taken place in Chinese sexual behaviours and attitudes, and public discussions of sex, since the 1980s. The book explores what it means to talk about sex in present-day China, where sex and sexuality are more and more visible in everyday life. Elaine Jeffreys and Haiqing Yu situate China s changing sexual culture, and how it is governed, in the socio-political history of the People s Republic of China. They demonstrate that Chinese governmental authorities and policies do not set out strictly to repress sex ; they also create spaces for the emergence of new sexual subjects and subjectivities. They discuss the complexities surrounding the ongoing explosion of commentary on sex and sexuality in the PRC, and the emergence of new sexual behaviours and mores. Sex in China offers clear, critical coverage of sex-related issues that are a focus of public concern and debate in China--chapters focus on sex studies; marriage and family planning; youth and sex(iness); gay, lesbian and queer discourses and identities; commercial sex; and HIV/AIDS. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars both of modern China and of sex and sexualities, who wish to understand the role that sex plays in contemporary China.--Publisher description.

Series Statement

China today series

Uniform Title

China today series (Cambridge, England)

Subject

• Sexology > China
• Sexology
• Sexualverhalten
• Sexual Behavior
• Contraception
• China

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-221) and index.

Contents

Sex in China : introduction -- Marriage and "family planning" -- Youth and sex(iness) -- Gay, lesbian and queer -- Commercial sex -- Sex and public health -- Sex studies -- Concluding comments.

Call Number

JFD 16-5607

ISBN

• 9780745656137
• 0745656137
• 9780745656144
• 0745656145

LCCN

2014025918

OCLC

884961701

Author

Jeffreys, Elaine, 1960-

Title

Sex in China / Elaine Jeffreys with Haiqing Yu.

Publisher

Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

China today series

China today series (Cambridge, England)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-221) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY. EXAMINES BEHAVIOURAL & ATTITUDE SHIFTS SINCE THE 1980S.

Added Author

Yu, Haiqing, 1970-

Research Call Number

JFD 16-5607