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The Impotence Epidemic
Men's Medicine and Sexual Desire in Contemporary China
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Everett Yuehong Zhang
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Englisch
Veröffentlicht/Copyright:
2015
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In this ethnography of impotence as a medical and social phenomenon, Everett Yuehong Zhang argues that the recent increase in Chinese men seeking treatment for impotence represents a shift in changing sexual attitudes in capitalist China.
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Everett Yuehong Zhang is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and Anthropology at Princeton University. He is the co-editor of Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience: The Quest for an Adequate Life, and co-author of Deep China: The Moral Life of the Person.
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"[A] welcome contribution to the emerging body of valuable work that explores male reproductive identities and modalities through multidisciplinary approaches. The book is valuable for researchers, experts and scholars trying to pursue multidimensional methodological studies that superbly combine history, anthropology, ethnography and medical studies."
-- Sonia Wigh Centre for Medical Humanities
"The many life stories of trauma and unhappiness resulting from real or imagined sexual impotence presented here are often touching and depressing, but Everett Zhang has managed to skilfully weave these individual cases to produce an overall picture of men and women seeking ways to satisfy their desires rather than accepting their lot. . .. I applaud the optimistic and thoughtful tone he has adopted, and I fully recommend the book to anyone interested in China or how human beings cope with misfortune. ...[T]he topic is not a joyous one, but the book is a pleasure to read and I have no doubt it will be cited for years to come."
-- Kam Louie The China Quarterly
"[A] beautifully written and intellectually stimulating ethnography on a controversial topic that few anthropologists have examined. ... Drawing on rich ethnographic data, well-structured methodologies, and insightful interpretations of China’s recent social changes, Zhang debunks many popular and scholarly stereotypes about male impotence. ... I would strongly recommend this book to scholars and students who are interested in medical anthropology, health, sexuality, gender, modernization, and Chinese studies."
-- Xia Zhang Anthropological Quarterly
"Written in a clear and lucid manner, The Impotence Epidemic is suitable for courses in medical pluralism, the anthropology of the body, and gender and sexuality in Chinese culture."
-- Howard Chiang Medical Anthropology Quarterly
"Zhang’s ability to weave the history of these complicated periods into his study on impotence in a manner accessible to both Chinese specialists and non-specialists alike is a particular strength of the book.... Zhang’s work is an important contribution to our understanding of the study of masculinity, sexuality, medicine and social policy in contemporary China."
-- Melissa S. Dale Social History of Medicine
"Ethnographically engaging and rich, this book contributes to the anthropological debates on health, sexuality and medicine.... [T]his book will be welcomed by a wide array of scholars interested in topics such as gender, sexual desires, impotence and Chinese medicine in China and beyond."
-- Tiantian Zheng The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
"The Impotence Epimidec offers a nuanced, sensitive, and powerful ethnographic analysis of impotence in contemporary China.... It will be of interest to scholars who focus on ethics and morality, gender and sexuality, body and society, modernity, the interplay between traditional Chinese medicine and biomedicine, and China’s postsocialist transformation."
-- Jie Yang American Anthropologist
"An excellent case of medical anthropology. . . .Zhang’s ethnography about the impotence epidemic provides rich data and insightful analysis . . . and it furthers our understanding of the complexity and dynamics of post-Mao transformation."
-- Yujing Zhu East Asian Science, Technology and Society
“Taking on the difficult task of investigating the often stigmatized and unmentionable part of private life, Zhang has rendered his observations of an interviews with about 350 patients and/or their partners and two dozen doctors of TCM and biomedicine in Beijing and Chengdu into touching narratives that are intricately woven with insightful analysis. . . . Beautifully written.”
-- Dongxin Zou China Review International
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: The Impotence Epidemic in China
1 - PART I: SOCIETY AND STATE
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CHAPTER 1. The Birth of Nanke (Men’s Medicine)
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CHAPTER 2. Sexual Repression
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CHAPTER 3. One Thousand Bodies of Impotence
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CHAPTER 4. Impotence, Family, and Women
101 - PART II: POTENCY AND LIFE
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CHAPTER 5. The Loss of Jing (Seminal Essence) and the Revival of Yangsheng (the Cultivation of Life)
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CHAPTER 6. Bushen (Nourishing the Kidney), Shugan (Smoothing out the Liver), or Taking the Great Brother (Viagra)
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CHAPTER 7. Potency Is Fullness of Life
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CONCLUSION: “If Shen (the Kidney) Is Strong, Life Is Good”
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Notes
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References
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Index
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