Ethnographies of Prostitution in Contemporary China Gender Relations, HIV/AIDS, and Nationalism
Description
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceGender StudiesAnthropologyScienceEarth SciencesGeologyChemistryOrganicCultural & SocialSociologyWomen's Studies
2009Book
Author(s)Tiantian Zheng
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230617414
LanguageEnglish
