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Ethnographies of Prostitution in Contemporary China

Gender Relations, HIV/AIDS, and Nationalism
By:T. Zheng
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230617414
eText ISBN:9780230623262
Edition:0
Copyright:2009
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.