Chinese Traditional Theatre and Male Dan : Social Power, Cultural Change and Gender Relations (Paperback)

1. Introduction: Chinese traditional theatre and male dan  2. Imaginary romance: The rise of male dan and their connections to the scholar-elite in the Ming dynasty  3. Commodified intimacy: Male dan, boy courtesans and well-off patrons in the Qing dynasty  4. At the dawn of a modern nation: Three keys in male dan  5. Between scholar-intellectuals and theatrical aficionados: Male dan under siege  6. Reinventing disciplinary femininity: Technical innovations of male dan  7. Reconstructing femininity through masculinity: The prohibition of male dan in socialist China  8. The mythopoeia of homosexuality: Aesthetic representations of male dan in contemporary culture  9. A millennial predicament: Male dan in a homophobic country  10. Coda: Male dan and Chinese society in transition