Red lights the lives of sex workers in postsocialist China / Tiantian Zheng.

Author/creator Zheng, Tiantian
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Description293 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents 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 -- Afterword: From entertainer to prostitute.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-279) and index.
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LCCN 2008047510
ISBN9780816659029 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816659028 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816659036 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816659036 (pb : alk. paper)

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