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Ethnographies of Prostitution in Contemporary China: Gender Relations, HIV AIDS, and Nationalism

By Tiantian Zheng

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0230617417, 9780230617414
LCC
HQ250.A5 Z42 2009
Open Library ID
OL22696145M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
957 kB (979899 bytes)
Pages
256\255
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Based on three years of extensive fieldwork, this ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of rural migrant women working as karaoke bar hostesses, delving into the interplay of gender politics, nationalism, and power relationships that inhere in practices of birth control, disease control, and control of women’s bodies.

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