LEADER 04260nam 22006854a 450 001 9910829038303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-36676-0 010 $a1-280-01947-6 010 $a0-203-49381-8 010 $a1-134-36677-9 010 $a0-415-64656-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203493816 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248471 035 $a(EBL)182636 035 $a(OCoLC)54494317 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000291458 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11223115 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291458 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10254221 035 $a(PQKB)11418186 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182636 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182636 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099996 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1947 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248471 100 $a20030726d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina, sex and prostitution /$fElaine Jeffreys 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledgeCurzon$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ;$v18 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-60179-3 311 $a0-415-31863-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-208) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 legitimacy 327 $aThe 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 discourses 327 $a5 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; Index 330 $aChina, Sex and Prostitution is a topical and important critique of recent scholarship in China studies concerning sexuality, prostitution and policing. Jeffrey's arguments are constructed in the form of detailed analysis of a wide range of primary texts, including documents, press reports, police report, and policy and legal pronouncements, and secondary literature in both English and Chinese. The work engages with some key debates in the fields of cultural and gender studies and will be welcomed by scholars in these areas as well as by China specialists, sociologists and anthropologi 410 0$aRoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ;$v18. 606 $aProstitution$zChina 606 $aSex customs$zChina 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions 615 0$aProstitution 615 0$aSex customs 676 $a306.74/0951 700 $aJeffreys$b Elaine$f1960-$0886387 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829038303321 996 $aChina, sex and prostitution$94199284 997 $aUNINA