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Governing Non-Normative Bodies in China: Structural Analogies in Stigma from Imperial Eunuchs to Contemporary Transgender Citizens

2026-03-23

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This study examines structural patterns in the governance of non-normative gendered bodies in China across distinct historical and contemporary contexts. Rather than asserting a direct causal lineage, we analyze recurring regulatory mechanisms that characterized the governance of imperial eunuchs and are discernibly present in the contemporary governance of transgender individuals, two populations separated by tim...

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Literature Corpus work: 6e018511-e59c-5572-8c15-4e6854348743
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202603.1761.v1

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