From Taboo to Open Discussion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8909662 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Du Lanlan (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 130-144 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Literature Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4132 • E-ISSN: 1528-4212 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/complitstudies.52.1.0130 |
| OpenAlex | W2091819251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
As an axis of identity, sexuality is a product of social relations framed by different networks of power. It is closely related to the social, political, and cultural milieu of a specific society. In China, discussions of sex during the Cultural Revolutionary period was remarkably limited, which is distinctly different from those of the post-Maoist era. Whereas the Maoist state had an aggressive regulation and policing of gender and sexuality, in post-Maoist culture erotic desire becomes a way of liberation. This article aims to take Azalea Mountain, one of the eight model operas in the Maoist era, and Red Azalea, Anchee Min's 1994 memoir about Cultural Revolution, as a case study to show that literary discourses of sexuality during the Maoist Cultural Revolution and the subsequent post-Mao era undergo a shift from a total absence to open discussion
Aesthetics · Art · China · Cultural revolution · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Memoir · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Taboo · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Chinese history and philosophy · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |