Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China Condition:Very Good For several years

For several years

In "The Champion in a Padded Kimono" two brothers--one a bookworm and the other a jock--learn a lesson or two about hope and desire on Sports Day

It recounts a series of stories from the life of his patient Eiji Ijichi

but to life itself

Unfolding her story as the daughter of a brothel operator and witnessing these changes to her family

Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China Condition:Very Good For several yearsThis study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, arguing that the eighteenth century in China was a time of profound change in sexual matters. During this time, the basic organizing principle for state regulation of sexuality shifted away from status, under which members of different groups had long been held to distinct standards of familial and sexual morality.