Reinventing Licentiousness
豆瓣
Pornography and Modern China
Yvon Y. Wang
简介
"Uses Beijing police archives to present a social and intellectual history of the evolution of markets for and regulation of sexual depictions in today's China, focusing on media markets from c. 1880 to 1940 as a motor for cultural change and linking the Chinese case to global trends"--
contents
Introduction: A Chinese History of Pornographic Modernity
1. Challenging Yin Hierarchy: Late Imperial Antecedents of the Global Modern Pornographic Turn
Part One: A Globalizing Market Transforms Sexual Representations
2. Commodifying Licentiousness in a Time of Flux: The Material Dimensions of Global Modern Pornography
3. The Implied Masturbator Speaks: Technologies and Markets Catalyze Transformations in Yin Ideology
Part Two: Global Modern Pornography Raises Reactions and Contradictions
4. Sex(ology) Sells: The Marketplace Assimilates Global Modern Innovations
5. Plus c'est la même chose: Reinventing Licentiousness for a New Age
Conclusion: From Yin to "Yellow"