Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 The Fragile Scholar as a Cultural Discourse 19
6. Chapter 2 From Qu Yuan to Student Zhang: A Genealogy of the Effeminate Shi 43
7. Chapter 3 Textuality, Rituals and the "Docile Bodies" 69
8. Chapter 4 Caizi versus Junzi: Irony, Subversion and Containment 87
9. Chapter 5 Jasper-like Face and Rosy Lips: Same-sex Desire and the Male Body 125
10. Chapter 6 Homosocial Desire: Heroism, Misogyny, and the Male Bond 157
11. Notes 193
12. Selected Bibliography 219
13. Index 233