04248oam 2200673I 450 991045042110332120200520144314.01-280-01947-60-203-49381-81-134-36677-90-415-64656-110.4324/9780203493816 (CKB)1000000000248471(EBL)182636(OCoLC)54494317(SSID)ssj0000291458(PQKBManifestationID)11223115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291458(PQKBWorkID)10254221(PQKB)11418186(MiAaPQ)EBC182636(Au-PeEL)EBL182636(CaPaEBR)ebr10099996(CaONFJC)MIL1947(EXLCZ)99100000000024847120180331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChina, sex and prostitution /Elaine JeffreysLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2004.1 online resource (222 p.)RoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ;18Description based upon print version of record.0-203-60179-3 0-415-31863-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-208) and index.Cover; China, Sex and Prostitution; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: telling tales; In search of authentic native voices; Authenticity as academic capital; Another native voice: the alternative translator; Telling popular institutional tales; Reading 'China' differently; 1 Changing China: changing China studies; The impact of theory; Problematizing China studies; The uses and potential misuses of theory; Contemporary sinological studies revisited; 2 Changing institutional categories and academic legitimacyThe ins and outs of the poststructuralist academeThe ins and outs of China studies; Sexuality is 'in' and sex is 'back' in China; 3 Feminist prostitution debates and responses; Prostitution and the new humanities; The development of theoretical approaches; Prostitution and 'the sex wars'; Feminist legal responses to prostitution; Transnational prostitution debates; 4 Prostitution debates and a changing China; Prostitution as a 'new' object of discourse in reform-era China; Responses to prostitution in reform-era China; Prostitution in reform-era China as an object of metropolitan discourses5 Re-situating the Chinese response to prostitutionThe feminists turn to human rights law; Governmentality: getting rid of 'the Chinese State'; The body of Chinese prostitution law; 6 Policing change: changing disciplinary technologies; Policing change: changing police; Changing police: policing prostitution; Policing prostitution: changing disciplinary technologies; 7 Conclusion: China, sex and prostitution reconsidered; China's response to prostitution reconsidered; Transnational prostitution debates reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; IndexChina, 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 anthropologiRoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ;18.ProstitutionChinaSex customsChinaChinaSocial conditionsElectronic books.ProstitutionSex customs306.74/0951Jeffreys Elaine1960,917315MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450421103321China, sex and prostitution2056652UNINA