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

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 contro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zheng, Tiantian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2009, 2009
Subjects:
Geology
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnology
Sex (psychology)
Social Sciences
Sociology, General
Sociology
Organic Chemistry
Gender Studies
Gender Expression
Anthropology
Gender Identity
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:X, 244 p online resource
ISBN:9780230623262

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