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Ming Erotic Novellas: Genre, Consumption, and Religiosity in Cultural Practice
Richard Wang
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
By analyzing a group of literary (wenyan) novellas, this study of late-Ming material culture focuses on an erotic fiction genre, the marketing and consuming strategies behind it, and the Daoist allegory contained within. Richard Wang examines these works and their significance in the development of Ming-Qing fiction in light of the sociology of literature and Ming cultural context. Specific features of the presentation of eroticism in these novellas include the legitimation of sexuality in cosmological thinking, the moralization and politicalization of sexuality, the medical discourse on sexuality, pleasure prescribed by ars erotica, and the religious dimension of sexuality.
By analyzing a group of literary (wenyan) novellas, this study of late-Ming material culture focuses on an erotic fiction genre, the marketing and consuming strategies behind it, and the Daoist allegory contained within. Richard Wang examines these works and their significance in the development of Ming-Qing fiction in light of the sociology of literature and Ming cultural context. Specific features of the presentation of eroticism in these novellas include the legitimation of sexuality in cosmological thinking, the moralization and politicalization of sexuality, the medical discourse on sexuality, pleasure prescribed by ars erotica, and the religious dimension of sexuality.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789629964580
SKU
V9789629964580
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