Lost bodies

Zamperini, Paola.

Lost bodies prostitution and masculinity in Chinese fiction / [electronic resource] : by Paola Zamperini. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - xi, 238 p. : ill. - Women and gender in China studies, v. 3 1877-5772 ; . - Women and gender in China studies ; v. 3. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Paradise lost : the fantastic childhood of a courtesan to be -- Lost and found : the socialization of the prostituted body -- Family matters : patterns of solidarity and discord in the brothel -- Nobody's son : prostitution and the disintegration of the family romance -- Taking flight poverty, sickness, and death -- Epilogue : back to the future : nostalgia and prostitution.


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Prostitution--History.--China
Prostitutes--History.--China
Prostitutes in literature--History.


Electronic books.

HQ250.A5 / Z33 2010eb

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