num_pages: 440
description: This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status.
language: English
title: Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China
titlecomplete: Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China (Law, Society, and Culture in China)
genres: Queer, Law, China, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 39
series: Law, Society, and Culture in China
publisher: Stanford Univ Pr