"Uses Beijing police archives to present a social and intellectual history of the evolution of markets for and regulation of sexual depictions in today's China, focusing on media markets from c. 1880 to 1940 as a motor for cultural change and linking the Chinese case to global trends"--

Sexuality is power. So says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer. His virtuous Justine, who keeps to the rules, is rewarded with rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. With brilliance and wit, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of de Sade's extreme imagination and transforms ...(展开全部)

关于作者 安吉拉·卡特（Angela Carter，1940—1992），英国女作家，凭借《染血之室》《马戏团之夜》《焚舟纪》《安吉拉·卡特的精怪故事集》《明智的孩子》等新颖无畏、独树一帜的作品，成为一代人的偶像，被萨尔曼·鲁西迪、伊恩·麦克尤恩、石黑一雄、玛格丽特·阿特伍德等大作家拥戴为一代文学教母。2008年，《泰晤士报》将她列为“1945年以来50位伟大英国作家”第10位。时至今日，她仍是女性主义的象征。 关于译者 曹雷雨，女，四川人，文学博士，北京师范大学外文学院英文系教授。近年致力于文学作品和艺术图书翻译，已出版译著十余部。译有安吉拉•卡特的长篇小说处女作《影舞》（河南大学出版社，2016）。 姜丽，女，山东人，兰州大学英美文学专业硕士，瑞士伯尔尼大学语言学博士。长期在高校从事英语教学工作，有二十多年的翻译经验。

Since its establishment in 1949, the People's Republic of China has upheld a nationwide ban on pornography, imposing harsh punishments on those caught purchasing, producing, or distributing materials deemed a violation of public morality. A provocative contribution to Chinese media studies by a well-known international media researcher, People’s Pornography offers a wide-rangin...(展开全部)

Since its establishment in 1949, the People's Republic of China has upheld a nationwide ban on pornography, imposing harsh punishments on those caught purchasing, producing, or distributing materials deemed a violation of public morality. A provocative contribution to Chinese media studies by a well-known international media researcher, People’s Pornography offers a wide-rangin...(展开全部)

From the book cover: I think questions of sexuality and pornography which are of so much concern to feminist today can be clarified and demystified. If what matters is men's non-reciprocal access to women's resources, then male lust and even male violence are not the basic issues; they are merely particular examples of the fundamental issue - From the introduction