Reinventing LicentiousnessReinventing Licentiousness navigates an overlooked history of representation during the transition from the Qing Empire to the Chinese Republica time when older, hierarchical notions of licentiousness were overlaid by a new, pornographic regime. Y. Yvon Wang draws on previously untapped archivesranging from police archives and surveys to ephemeral texts and picturesto argue that pornography in China represents a unique configuration of power and