China, sex and prostitution / / Elaine Jeffreys

• Autore: Jeffreys Elaine <1960->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.74/0951
• Soggetto topico: Prostitution - China; Sex customs - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Social conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-208) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 legitimacy ; The 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 ; 5 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 anthropologi
• Titolo autorizzato: China, sex and prostitution
• ISBN: 1-134-36676-0; 1-280-01947-6; 0-203-49381-8; 1-134-36677-9; 0-415-64656-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829038303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ; ; 18.