This collection brings together cutting-edgework by established and emerging scholars …… [ 展开全部 ] focusing on key societies in the East Asian region: China, Taiwan, Japan, and North and South Korea. Chapters also address Mongolia and Vietnam, two countries often overlooked in studies of East Asia but whose societies have long been impacted by Chinese ideas and influences. This scope enables the collection to reflect on the nature of the transformations in constructions of sexuality in highly developed (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan), developing (China) and emerging (Vietnam and Mongolia) economies. Instead of defaulting to western, particularly North American paradigms for sexuality studies, authors reflect upon the complex colonial and economic interactions and cultural influences that have affected the East Asian region over the last two centuries. Both Japan and China have long traditions of ‘sexuality’ studies reflecting longstanding indigenous understandings of sex as well as more recent traditions that interface with Euro-American medical and psychological understandings. Through looking at regional and global exchanges of ideas about sexuality, this volume adds considerably to our understanding of the East Asian region and contributes to wider discussions of globalisation. It will be an essential read in undergraduate and graduate programs in sexuality and gender and women’s studies as well as anthropology, sociology and history.
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