Transpacific attachments : sex work, media networks, and affective histories of Chineseness /

Transpacific Attachments identifies the formation of a collective sense of Chinese identity through representations of the prostitute figure in popular media circulated among the U.S., China and Sinophone communities from the early twentieth century to the present day. Often portrayed as a "des...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Wong, Lily, 1983- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Series:	Global Chinese culture.
Subjects:	Prostitutes in motion pictures. Prostitutes in literature. Chinese in motion pictures. Chinese in literature. National characteristics, Chinese.