Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China

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Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China is written by Matthew Harvey Sommer and published by Stanford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0804745595 (ISBN 10) and 9780804745598 (ISBN 13).

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.