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

Zheng, T.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-08-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230617414

DOI: 10.1057/9780230623262

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 244