Misers, Shrews, and Polygamists Sexuality and Male-Female Relations in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Fiction

"'Misers, Shrews, and Polygamists' is both scholarly and entertaining It offers an original and sometime irreverent analysis of some well-known and other relatively unknown works. It contributes to the revision of former narratives about women in China which insisted on their absolute victimization by the patriarchal order, at the same time as it confirms the dominate discourse of female self-sacrifice and expendability. It should appeal to students of China as well as as those interested in contemporary debates about sexual and gender representation.McMahon, Keith is the author of 'Misers, Shrews, and Polygamists Sexuality and Male-Female Relations in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Fiction' with ISBN 9780822315667 and ISBN 0822315661.