Sex, science and morality in China

In: Routledge contemporary China series, 10

Abstract

"Sex, Science and Morality in China provides a detailed examination of the work of China's foremost sex experts from 1999 to 2005. It analyses the knowledge they are producing - knowledge that sets out natural ways of being a man or woman and sees monogamous marriage as the most advanced form of social bond and scientific sex as the basis for family and social stability." "Including groundbreaking material on transsexuals, fetishism, sex aids and pornography, this book seeks to qualify claims of a sexual liberalization in China. It shows that the knowledge that sex professionals are producing is neither innocent nor inconsequential and that amid catalogues of prescriptions linking self-management to the collective good, people are making decisions about how to live their sexual lives. Sex, Science and Morality in China will be essential reading for scholars of Chinese studies, cultural studies and gender studies."--Jacket