Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWang's thought-provoking study of erotic media markets in Beijing from the 1880s to the 1930s breaks new ground by effectively bridging elite discourses and mass consumption and grounding the discussion within the context of indigenous practices and technologies.
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This volume's concerns reach far beyond eroticism and sexuality. It explores the shifting power structures and cultural politics behind the "global modern pornographic turn" of which China was a part as it emerged at the turn of the twentieth century (14-17, 44, 202).
* Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Chinese History of Pornographic Modernity
1. Challenging Yin Hierarchy: Late Imperial Antecedents of the Global Modern Pornographic Turn
Part One: A Globalizing Market Transforms Sexual Representations
2. Commodifying Licentiousness in a Time of Flux: The Material Dimensions of Global Modern Pornography
3. The Implied Masturbator Speaks: Technologies and Markets Catalyze Transformations in Yin Ideology
Part Two: Global Modern Pornography Raises Reactions and Contradictions
4. Sex(ology) Sells: The Marketplace Assimilates Global Modern Innovations
5. Plus c'est la même chose: Reinventing Licentiousness for a New Age
Conclusion: From Yin to "Yellow"
