Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgments v
4. List of Frequently Cited Titles in English vii
5. Introduction: The Male Consort of the Remarkable Woman 1
6. Chapter One: Sublime Passion and the Remarkable Woman 16
7. Chapter Two: Qing Can Be With One and Only One 31
8. Chapter Four: The Love Story and Civilizational Crisis 68
9. Chapter Five: Passive Polygyny in Two Kinds of Man-Child 84
10. Chapter Six: Fleecing the Customer in Shanghai Brothels of the 1890s 100
11. Chapter Seven: Cultural Destiny and Polygynous Love in Zou Tao’s Shanghai Dust 115
12. Chapter Eight: The Polygynous Politics of the Modern Chinese Man in Nine-Times Cuckold 126
13. Conclusion: The Postpolygynous Future 137
14. Notes 155
15. Character Glossary 187
16. Bibliography 195
17. Index 207