The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China, Paperback/Matthew H. Sommer

This book is a groundbreaking study of transgender lives and practices in late imperial China. Through close readings of court cases, as well as Ming and Qing fiction and nineteenth-century newspaper accounts, Matthew H. Sommer examines the social, legal, and cultural histories of gender crossing. Publisher: Columbia University Press Author(s): Matthew H. Sommer Number of pages: 384 Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 27 Cover type: Paperback