Tiantian Zheng

Gebundenes Buch

Ethnographies of Prostitution in Contemporary China

Gender Relations, Hiv/Aids, and Nationalism

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

TIANTIAN ZHENG is Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology at State University of New York, USA, and author of Red Lights: The Lives of Sex Workers in Postsocialist China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-61741-4
• 2009 edition
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9780230617414
• ISBN-10: 0230617417
• Artikelnr.: 26180087