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China's commercial sexscapes : rethinking intimacy, masculinity, and criminal justice / Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang.
LIBRA HQ250.A5 T73 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tsang, Eileen Yuk-Ha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitution--China.
- Prostitution.
- Masculinity.
- Sex industry.
- Sex workers.
- China.
- Sex workers--China.
- Sex industry--China.
- Masculinity--China.
- China--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 179 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Exploring the experiences of both male clients and female sex workers, China's Commercial Sexscapes expands upon the complex dynamics of sex worker and client relationships, and places them within the wider implications of expanding globalization and capitalism. The purchasing of commercial sex by single, young-adult males is increasingly viewed as a socially acceptable way for men to pay for the opportunity to perform and experience heteronormative masculinity. Investigating human rights, social policy, and the criminal justice system in China, China's Commercial Sexscapes applies the concept of 'edgework' in Dongguan, the most explicit, complicated, and multidimensional setting, to study how men and women interact within the changing global economy after the global financial crisis in China."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Urban Sexscapes: A Snapshot of China's Commercial Sex Industries p. 15
- Part 2 "Tempting Girls" and Clients in Low-End and Mid-Tier Niche Markets
- 2 Finding Hope as a "Tempting Girl" in China: Sex Work, Indentured Mobility, and Cosmopolitan Individualism p. 31
- 3 Disappointed and Despondent: How Young-Adult Male Migrants Contest Masculinity in China's Low-End and Mid-Tier Niche Markets p. 50
- Part 3 Intimacy and Masculinity in High-End Niche Markets
- 4 Refraining Love with a "Dirty Girl": High-End Sex Work and Intimate Relations in Urban China p. 71
- 5 Reciprocating Desires: The Pursuit of Desirable East Asian Femininity in China's High-End Commercial Sex Industry p. 92
- Part 4 Social Policy Implications and Criminal Justice
- 6 Selling Commercial Sex as Edgework p. 111
- 7 Profit-Making Disguised as Rehabilitation: The Biopolitics of the Homo Sacer in China's Custody Education Program for Sex Workers p. 130.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781487523992
- 1487523998
- 9781487505882
- 1487505884
- OCLC:
- 1090427973
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