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The Phantom Heroine: Ghosts and Gender in Seventheenth-century Chinese Literature
Judith T. Zeitlin

University of Hawaii Press, 2007

The "phantom heroine"--in particular the fantasy of her resurrection through sex with a living man--is one of the most striking features of traditional Chinese literature. Even today the hypersexual female ghost continues to be a source of fascination in East Asian media, much like the sexually predatory vampire in American and European movies, TV, and novels. But while vampires can be of either gender, erotic Chinese ghosts are ...

Thinking With Cases: Specialist Knowledge in Chinese Cultural History

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University of Hawaii Press, 2007

For scholars only please.
Teaching Chinese medical history is tough. One of the largest differences between conventional thinking and ancient (both Chinese and non-) is the the use of case studies and examples rather than clinical trials. Prior to the mid-19th century, the use of statistics was virtually unknown in the world. Knowledge was gleaned from the experiences of masters in their respective fields. This book ...