Event Title
From Cut-Sleeves to Prostitute: a Survey of Male Homosexuality in Ancient China
Location
Diamond 146
Start Date
1-5-2014 10:00 AM
End Date
1-5-2014 11:30 AM
Project Type
Presentation- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
Even though homosexuality has been a controversial topic since the early contemporary China, it was practiced, appreciated, and even celebrated for over thousands of years. This research aims to provide a brief overview of male homosexual behavior in ancient China, to evaluate its development from the early dynasty, Zhou (1046 to 250 BCE), to the last empire, Qing (1644 to 1912 CE), and to scrutinize the reasons causing the dramatic alteration from extraordinarily liberal to excessively conservative. In order to examine the development in a historical spectrum, I refer to the Chinese literatures, paintings, philosophical ideas (Confucianism and Daoism), prevailing cultures, as well as politics. This paper not only serves as a survey of the history of male homosexuality, but also expounds how development took place in a certain time period.
Faculty Sponsor
Elizabeth Ketner
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. English Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Humanities
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
493
From Cut-Sleeves to Prostitute: a Survey of Male Homosexuality in Ancient China
Diamond 146
Even though homosexuality has been a controversial topic since the early contemporary China, it was practiced, appreciated, and even celebrated for over thousands of years. This research aims to provide a brief overview of male homosexual behavior in ancient China, to evaluate its development from the early dynasty, Zhou (1046 to 250 BCE), to the last empire, Qing (1644 to 1912 CE), and to scrutinize the reasons causing the dramatic alteration from extraordinarily liberal to excessively conservative. In order to examine the development in a historical spectrum, I refer to the Chinese literatures, paintings, philosophical ideas (Confucianism and Daoism), prevailing cultures, as well as politics. This paper not only serves as a survey of the history of male homosexuality, but also expounds how development took place in a certain time period.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/416