Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China

Author/Contributor(s):	Sommer, Matthew H
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	01/02/2002
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.