{"product_id":"reinventing-licentiousness-9781501752971","title":"Reinventing Licentiousness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWang'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.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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).\u003c\/p\u003e * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Chinese History of Pornographic Modernity\u003cbr\u003e 1. Challenging Yin Hierarchy: Late Imperial Antecedents of the Global Modern Pornographic Turn\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: A Globalizing Market Transforms Sexual Representations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Commodifying Licentiousness in a Time of Flux: The Material Dimensions of Global Modern Pornography\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Implied Masturbator Speaks: Technologies and Markets Catalyze Transformations in Yin Ideology\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Global Modern Pornography Raises Reactions and Contradictions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sex(ology) Sells: The Marketplace Assimilates Global Modern Innovations\u003cbr\u003e 5. Plus c'est la même chose: Reinventing Licentiousness for a New Age\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: From Yin to \"Yellow\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409348534615,"sku":"9781501752971","price":36.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501752971.jpg?v=1730506506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reinventing-licentiousness-9781501752971","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}