| The Culture of Sex in Ancient China Subjects: Sex -- China -- History -- To 1500; Sex and history -- China; Sex in literature; Chinese literature -- To 221 B.C. -- History and criticism; Chinese literature -- 221 B.C.–960 A.D. -- History and criticism; China -- Civilization -- To 221 B.C.; China -- C; The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human speculation, it was an important source of imagery and terminology that informed the classical Chinese conception of social and political relationships. This sophisticated and long-standing tradition, however, has been all but neglected by modern historians. In The Culture of Sex in Ancient China, Paul Rakita Goldin addresses central issues in the history of Chinese attitudes toward sex and gender from 500 B.C. to A.D. 400. Paul R. Goldin is professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. |