Sex in China

Elaine Jeffreys, Haiqing Yu

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English

Polity Press
06 February 2015

Sociology: sexual relations

Series: China Today

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015

Sex in China introduces readers to some of the dramatic shifts that have taken place in Chinese sexual behaviours and attitudes, and public discussions of sex, since the 1980s. The book explores what it means to talk about �sex� in present-day China, where sex and sexuality are more and more visible in everyday life. Elaine Jeffreys and Haiqing Yu situate China�s changing sexual culture, and how it is governed, in the socio-political history of the People�s Republic of China. They demonstrate that Chinese governmental authorities and policies do not set out strictly to repress �sex�; they also create spaces for the emergence of new sexual subjects and subjectivities. They discuss the complexities surrounding the ongoing explosion of commentary on sex and sexuality in the PRC, and the emergence of new sexual behaviours and mores.

Sex in China offers clear, critical coverage of sex-related issues that are a focus of public concern and debate in China - chapters focus on sex studies; marriage and family planning; youth and sex(iness); gay, lesbian and queer discourses and identities; commercial sex; and HIV/AIDS. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars both of modern China and of sex and sexualities, who wish to understand the role that �sex� plays in contemporary China.

By: Elaine Jeffreys
With: Haiqing Yu
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9780745656137
ISBN 10: 0745656137
Series: China Today
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 06 February 2015
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elaine Jeffreys is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Associate Professor in China Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney Dr Haiqing Yu is Senior Lecturer of Chinese media and culture at the University of New South Wales (Australia)

Reviews for Sex in China

Sex in China introduces readers to some of the most dramatic shifts that have taken place in sexual behaviours and mores since economic reform unleashed massive social changes upon China. Moving from family concerns through to commercial sex, from HIV/AIDS to youth culture, from gay and lesbian relations through to the developing field of sexual studies in China, this comprehensive study shows how a range of factors have come together to produce spaces where new sexual subjectivities and more inclusive forms of citizenship can emerge. This is an iconoclastic study that overturns Western preconceptions and received wisdom about Chinese sexuality. Intrinsically interesting, clearly written, and thoroughly researched, this book will be a must read for anyone interested in the emerging sexual culture of contemporary China. Michael Dutton, Goldsmiths, University of London