Lost bodies
Subtitle: prostitution and masculinity in Chinese fiction
By: by Paola Zamperini.
Series: Women and gender in China studies -- 3
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004179783
Subjects: Prostitution -- China -- History; Prostitutes -- China -- History; Prostitutes in literature -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Paradise lost : the fantastic childhood of a courtesan to be; title: Lost and found : the socialization of the prostituted body; title: Family matters : patterns of solidarity and discord in the brothel; title: Nobody's son : prostitution and the disintegration of the family romance; title: Taking flight poverty, sickness, and death; title: Epilogue : back to the future : nostalgia and prostitution.