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

Author/creator Zheng, Tiantian
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Description293 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Prostitution--China --History.
Sex industry--China.
China--Social conditions.
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.
LCCN 2008047510
ISBN9780816659029 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816659028 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816659036 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816659036 (pb : alk. paper)

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