ABSTRACT

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Zarafonetis, Nicole, author.
Title: Sexuality in a changing China : young women, sex and intimate
relations in the reform period / Nicole Zarafonetis.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge research on
gender in Asia series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017001825| ISBN 9781138240148 (hardback) | ISBN
9781315293936 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Sex--China. | Sex instruction--China. | Sex role--China. |
Dating (Social customs)--China. | Marriage--China. | Women--China--Social
conditions.
Classification: LCC HQ18.C6 Z37 2017 | DDC 306.70951--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017001825

chapter 1|15 pages

Introduction

Making sense of modernity in China

chapter 2|23 pages

‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics’

Women and economic reform

chapter 3|38 pages

‘At fifteen, we know nothing!’

Approaches and attitudes to sex education and sexuality

chapter 4|42 pages

‘All they want is a sexy ayi’

Dating and intimate relationships

chapter 5|38 pages

‘It’s like an unspoken rule’

Exploring the continuing expectation of marriage

chapter 6|6 pages

Conclusion