Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China

Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China

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