The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China

Author : Matthew H. Sommer

Paperback

Published : Tuesday 19 March 2024

ISBN : 9780231214131

Price : €29.25

Description

This book is a groundbreaking study of transgender lives and practices in late imperial China. Through close readings of court cases, as well as Ming and Qing fiction and nineteenth-century newspaper accounts, Matthew H. Sommer examines the social, legal, and cultural histories of gender crossing.

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