Reciprocating desires: the pursuit of desirable East Asian femininity in China’s commercial sex industry

This article examines how socioeconomic conditions impact heteronormative sexual desires between high-tier sex workers and their non-Chinese clients in urban South China. Drawing from Hoang’s interpretation of ‘dealing in desires’, Rofel’s ‘Desiring China’, and cultural capital, the article consider...

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Main Author: Tsang, Eileen Yuk-Ha (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Deviant behavior
Year: 2020, Volume: 41, Issue: 8, Pages: 917-935
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