Manchu underwear
So, I was reading the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, specifically the entry on China. For those of you who don’t know it, the 1911 edition is co...
Category: Gender
The Birth of Chinese Feminism
Columbia University Press sent me a copy of a really good book, Lydia Liu, Rebecca Karl and Dorothy Ko. The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transn...
Tears and sincerity
A while back I was wondering why people in classical Chinese texts seemed to cry so much. Was being able to shed tears on demand something that people were supp...
Thinking about the Japanese woman in Korean-Japanese (内鮮一体) couples
I posted an entry at Frog in a Well Korea that might interest the reader of the Japan blog. Thinking about the Japanese woman in Korean-Japanese (内鮮一体) couples
My Dear Revolutionary Comrade-in-arms
Sina has a collection of Chinese love-letters going back to the 50s (via CDT) The ones from the 60’s and 70’s are the most interesting. Lots of Maoi...
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Young Samurai Book One (of at least three): Harry Potter Bushido
I almost didn’t check Chris Bradford‘s Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior out of the library when I saw it, but some instinct told me that it was...
Pearl Buck's Intriguing Staying Power: Imperial Woman
Parade Magazine (September 14, 2008) asked Laura Bush what she’s been reading: “The Imperial Woman, by Pearl S. Buck. I picked up this book after re...
The end of polygamy in China
As some of our American readers may know the California Supreme Court has recently ruled that men and men in California can get married. This has led a number o...
Old folks at home
Man with bird in Nanjing Or actually old folks out on the street. I knew that lots of old Chinese people kept birds, and that taking birds for a walk was a popu...
Strawberry Cake
One of my students is doing an honors thesis on kissing. Specifically she is looking at a series of articles from Ling Long that explain what kissing is and why...
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Korean (Gender) Studies at ASPAC
In spite of the lovely Korean Studies Center which headquartered the conference, ASPAC 2007 didn’t have a lot of Korean content. In fact, with the excepti...
Married couples
2 married couples, from China Digital Times As both Mother’s Day and her birthday are coming up, I thought I would post something romantic for my wife. GT...