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Auteur(s) : Vitiello, Giovanni
Titre(s) : The libertine's friend [Texte imprimé] : homosexuality and masculinity in late imperial China / Giovanni Vitiello
Publication : Chicago (Ill.) : The University of Chicago Press, 2011
Description matérielle : xii- 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Male beauty ; Friendship and love ; Libertine masculinity ; Hybrid heroes ; The male romance.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Delving into three hundred years of Chinese literature, from the mid-sixteenth century
to the mid-nineteenth, The Libertines Friend uncovers the complex and fascinating
history of male homosexual and homosocial relations in the late imperial era. Drawing
particularly on overlooked works of pornographic fiction, Giovanni Vitiello offers
a frank exploration of the importance of same-sex love and eroticism to the evolution
of masculinity in China. Vitiellos story unfolds chronologically, beginning with the
earliest sources on homoeroticism in pre-imperial China and concluding with a look
at developments in the twentieth century. Along the way, he identifies a number of
recurring characters for example, the libertine scholar, the chivalric hero, and the
lustful monk and sheds light on a set of key issues, including the social and legal
boundaries that regulated sex between men, the rise of male prostitution, and the
aesthetics of male beauty. Drawing on this trove of material, Vitiello presents a
historical outline of changing notions of male homosexuality in China, revealing the
integral part that same-sex desire has played in its culture
Sujet(s) : Homosexualité masculine -- Dans la littérature
Homosexualité et littérature -- Chine -- Histoire
Vie sexuelle -- Chine
Chine -- 1644-1795 -- Moeurs et coutumes
Chine -- 19e siècle -- Moeurs et coutumes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780226857923. - ISBN 0226857921 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435359242
Notice n° :
FRBNF43535924
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