Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950

Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781136297229
ISBN-13 : 1136297227
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Book Synopsis Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950 by : Raquel A.G. Reyes

Download or read book Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950 written by Raquel A.G. Reyes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-reproductive sex practices in Asia have historically been a source of fascination, prurient or otherwise, for Westerners, who being either Catholic or Protestant, were often struck by what they perceived as the widespread promiscuity and licentiousness of native inhabitants. Graphic descriptions, and pious denunciations, of sodomy, bestiality, transvestitism, and incest, abound in Western travel narratives, missionary accounts, and ethnographies. But what constituted indigenous sexual morality, and how was this influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, and Christianity over time and place? What sex practices were tolerated or even encouraged by society, community, and religious ritual, and what acts were considered undesirable, transgressive and worthy of punishment? Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600-1950 is the first book to foreground same- sex acts and pleasure seeking in the histories of India, China, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia. Drawing on a range of indigenous and foreign sources, the contributors, all renowned experts in their fields, shed light on indigenous notions of gender and the body, social hierarchies, fundamental ideas concerning morality and immorality, and episodes of seduction. The book illuminates - in striking case studies – attitudes toward non-procreative sex acts, and representations and experiences of same-sex pleasure seeking in the histories of Asia. This path-breaking book is an important contribution to the study of gender and sexuality in Asian cultures and will also interest students and scholars of world history.


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