The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China by Matthew H. Sommer (review).
The article discusses "The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China," a book that provides a comprehensive social, cultural, and legal history of transgender lives during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The author, a Qing legal historian, examines the "cros...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the History of Sexuality Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 569 - 572 |
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University of Texas Press
Sep2025
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