China, Sex and Prostitution

Zusatztext 'Jeffreys' study of the Chinese policing of prostitution is a very important empirical contribution to the study of Chinese policing and Chinese perspectives on prostitution. Her approach also challenges the applicability of liberal concepts of sex work and prostitutes' rights to contexts beyond China.' - The China Review'Jeffrey's book is a must-read for all China scholars because as China transitions so must the academic field that professionally interprets it.' - China Information Informationen zum Autor Elaine Jeffreys lectures in China Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Klappentext China, Sex and Prostitution is a topical and important critique of recent scholarship in China studies concerning sexuality, prostitution and policing. Jeffrey's arguments are constructed in the form of detailed analysis of a wide range of primary texts, including documents, press reports, police report, and policy and legal pronouncements, and secondary literature in both English and Chinese. The work engages with some key debates in the fields of cultural and gender studies and will be welcomed by scholars in these areas as well as by China specialists, sociologists and anthropologists. Zusammenfassung China, Sex and Prostitution is a topical and important critique of recent scholarship in China studies concerning sexuality, prostitution and policing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Telling Tales 1. Changing China: Changing China Studies 2. Changing Institutional Categories and Academic Legitimacy 3. Feminist Prostitution Debates and Responses 4. Prostitution Debates and a Changing China 5. Re-Situating the Chinese Response to Prostitution 6. Policing Change: Changing Disciplinary Technologies Conclusion: China, Sex and Prostitution Reconsidered

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Jeffreys, Jeffreys Elaine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2004
• EAN: 9780415318631
• ISBN: 978-0-415-31863-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General