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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 contro...

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Main Author: Zheng, Tiantian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Gender Studies.
Geology.
Organic Chemistry.
Sociology, general.
Chemistry, Organic.
Ethnology.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
ISBN:9780230623262
DOI:10.1057/9780230623262