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Author:
Zheng, Tiantian.
Title:
Red lights : the lives of sex workers in postsocialist China / Tiantian Zheng.
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
293 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Prostitution--China--History.
Sex-oriented businesses--China.
China--Social conditions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-279) and index.
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.
ISBN:
0816659036 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816659036 (pb : alk. paper)
0816659028 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816659029 (hc : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)271104613
LCCN:
2008047510
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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