Transgender China 2012
DOI: 10.1057/9781137082503_2
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How China Became a “Castrated Civilization” and Eunuchs a “Third Sex”

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“…I am particularly interested in investigating how the body of the head eunuch positions itself in perceiving the world at a particular historical moment after a lifelong and tough journey in political struggle. 4 These moments reflect the cultural and political sensitivities—or “sensory imagination” (Ingold, 2011, p. 316)—of the incomplete body in the social context or, in Chiang’s (2012) words, the demasculinized “third sex” (p. 23). To do so, the article focuses on the interaction between the head eunuch and the body of emperor during selected historical moments.…”
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“…I am particularly interested in investigating how the body of the head eunuch positions itself in perceiving the world at a particular historical moment after a lifelong and tough journey in political struggle. 4 These moments reflect the cultural and political sensitivities—or “sensory imagination” (Ingold, 2011, p. 316)—of the incomplete body in the social context or, in Chiang’s (2012) words, the demasculinized “third sex” (p. 23). To do so, the article focuses on the interaction between the head eunuch and the body of emperor during selected historical moments.…”
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“…In this particular context, the eunuchs were castrated males who serviced emperors and the royal family in Imperial China; their genitals were completely removed to prevent adulterous conduct. While Chiang (2012, 2017, 2018) has published extensively on castration in the Chinese context in terms of cultural studies and queer studies, this article focuses on the sensations of this particular imperial body manifested through the interactions with its counterpart, namely, the emperor’s body. Deliberately undertaking castration goes against Confucianism; 1 however, it might provide a short path for “marking social status and seeking success” (Holliday & Elfving-Hwang, 2012, p. 59) in the imperial society.…”
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“…Más adelante, Chiang (2013) se detiene específicamente en los eunucos, considerados como sujetos de un tercer sexo que se enfrentaban a los límites de hombre y mujer en base a procedimientos de castración con el objetivo de imposibilitar la reproducción; sin embargo, esta idea de que correspondían a un tercer sexo se basa netamente en características biológicas. De acuerdo con el autor, la idea de un tercer sexo es errónea, y el rol social del eunuco debería comprenderse desde la castración como una fuente de identidad masculina y una forma de reproducción social (Chiang, 2018).…”
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