Dangerous Pleasures

Dangerous Pleasures
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 631
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ISBN-10 : 9780520204393
ISBN-13 : 0520204395
Rating : 4/5 (395 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Dangerous Pleasures by : Gail Hershatter

Download or read book Dangerous Pleasures written by Gail Hershatter and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past decade, as prostitution once again has become a recognized feature of Chinese society, it has been incorporated into a larger public discussion about what kind of modernity China should seek and what kind of sex and gender arrangements should characterize that modernity. Prostitutes, like every other non-elite group, did not record their own lives.


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