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Full referenceYeh, Catherine Vance, “Reinventing Ritual: Late Qing Handbooks For Proper Customer Behavior in Shanghai Courtesan Houses” (1998)
TypeJournal article
Author(s)Yeh, Catherine Vance
Title“Reinventing Ritual: Late Qing Handbooks For Proper Customer Behavior in Shanghai Courtesan Houses”
Year1998
JournalLate Imperial China
Volume19
Number2
Start page1
End page63
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Keywordsculture
AbstractThe International Settlement in Shanghai created the opportunity for the Chinese to develop an immigrant community in their own country. Under foreign control, Shanghai developed a reputation of being modern and exotic; one manifestation of this was an enhanced and more open role for courtesans. The latter increased their status and supported this by imposing distinct and new rituals to cover most aspects of their relations with madams and clients. These rituals, in turn, were publicized in handbooks which circulated widely and which were expected to be observed.
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