Sexual cultures in East Asia : the social construction of sexuality and sexual risk in a time of AIDS / / edited by Evelyne Micollier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968785603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-39350-4; 0-203-49657-4; 0-415-30871-2; 1-280-06450-1; 1-134-39351-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxv, 279 p
• Collana: RoutledgeCurzon--IIAS Asian studies series
• Classificazione: 71.31
• Altri autori (Persone): MicollierEvelyne
• Disciplina: 306.74/095
• Soggetti: Prostitution - East Asia; Prostitutes - East Asia - Social conditions; Sexual health - East Asia; AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - East Asia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Sexual cultures : caught between traditions and transitions -- pt. 2. The social construction of sexual risk in the light of STDs/AIDS control.
• Sommario/riassunto: Using case-studies from East and Southeast Asia, this book examines sexuality and AIDS-related sexual risk in the context of Asian cultures. It offers a complementary perspective, documented with sociological and anthropological data, to historical studies and looks at commercial sex work, kinship systems, matrimonial strategies, gender, power relations, and the relevance of cultural constructs such as Confucianism and Taoism for the analysis of sexual cultures in Asia.