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China, Sex and Prostitution

Elaine Jeffreys author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:22nd Jan '04

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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 anthropologists.

'Jeffreys' study of the Chinese policing of prostitution is a very important empirical contribution to the study of Chinese policing and Chinese perspectives on prostitution. Her approach also challenges the applicability of liberal concepts of sex work and prostitutes' rights to contexts beyond China.' - The China Review

'Jeffrey's book is a must-read for all China scholars because as China transitions so must the academic field that professionally interprets it.' - China Information


'Jeffreys' study of the Chinese policing of prostitution is a very important empirical contribution to the study of Chinese policing and Chinese perspectives on prostitution. Her approach also challenges the applicability of liberal concepts of sex work and prostitutes' rights to contexts beyond China.' - The China Review

'Jeffrey's book is a must-read for all China scholars because as China transitions so must the academic field that professionally interprets it.' -China Information

'Readers interested in discourses about sex and prostitution will find good material here.' - The China Quarterly

ISBN: 9780415318631

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 460g

224 pages