Polygamy and Sublime Passion

Polygamy and Sublime Passion
Author: Keith McMahon
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2009-11-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0824833767
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For centuries of Chinese history, polygamy and prostitution were closely linked practices that legitimized the 'polygynous male'. This title introduces a fresh concept, 'passive polygamy', to explain the unusual number of Qing stories in which women take charge of a man's desires, turning him into an instrument of female will.


Polygamy and Sublime Passion
Language: en
Pages: 226

Polygamy and Sublime Passion

Authors: Keith McMahon
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-24 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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For centuries of Chinese history, polygamy and prostitution were closely linked practices that legitimized the 'polygynous male'. This title introduces a fresh
Women under Polygamy
Language: en
Pages: 236

Women under Polygamy

Authors: Walter Matthew Gallichan
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-08-10 - Publisher: DigiCat

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Women under Polygamy by Walter Matthew Gallichan is about women in polygamous marriages. Gallichan explores the role of polygamy in various cultures in history.
Sexuality in China
Language: en
Pages: 269

Sexuality in China

Authors: Howard Chiang
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06-15 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

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What was sex like in China, from imperial times through the post-Mao era? The answer depends, of course, on who was having sex, where they were located in time
Saying All That Can Be Said
Language: en
Pages: 308

Saying All That Can Be Said

Authors: Keith McMahon
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-01-10 - Publisher: BRILL

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In Saying All That Can Be Said, Keith McMahon presents the first full analysis of the sexually explicit portrayals in the Ming novel Jin Ping Mei 金瓶梅 (The
Unmooring the Komagata Maru
Language: en
Pages: 353

Unmooring the Komagata Maru

Authors: Rita Dhamoon
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-15 - Publisher: UBC Press

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In 1914, the SS Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver Harbour and was detained for two months. Most of its 376 passengers were then forcibly returned to India. Unm