Red lights: the lives of sex workers in postsocialist China

Introduction: Masculinity, power, and the Chinese state -- Patriarchy, prostitution, and masculinity in Dalian -- From banquets to karaoke bars : a new sexual awakening -- Fierce rivalries, unstable bonds : class in the karaoke bars -- Turning the grain : sex and the modern man -- The return of the...

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Main Author: Zheng, Tiantian (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis [u.a.] University of Minnesota Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3767
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Keywords:
China > Prostituierte > Frau
China > Social conditions
Dalian > Alltag
Prostitution > China > History
Sex-oriented businesses > China
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Summary:Introduction: Masculinity, power, and the Chinese state -- Patriarchy, prostitution, and masculinity in Dalian -- From banquets to karaoke bars : a new sexual awakening -- Fierce rivalries, unstable bonds : class in the karaoke bars -- Turning the grain : sex and the modern man -- The return of the prodigal daughter -- Clothes make the woman -- Performing love : the commodification of intimacy and romance
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:293 S Ill
ISBN:9780816659029
9780816659036