Sex and equality in Republican China: The debate over the adultery law

Modern China

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-223

  Tran, Lisa ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adultery; Concubine; Republican law; Sexual equality

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LEGAL SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; REGULATORY APPROACH; SEXUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 60549086627     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: 15526836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700408327254     Document Type: Article

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