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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the intimate relationships between sex workers and clients in post-reform China, where normative ideals concerning masculine and feminine behaviour are the primary goal of these relationships.
Trade Review"China’s Commercial Sexscapes gives a voice to women and men who otherwise remain largely voiceless and nameless in a nation which would rather pretend that they don’t exist." -- Mike Cormack * South China Morning Post, October 12, 2019 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One: Method 1. Urban Sexscapes: A Snapshop of China’s Commercial Sex Industries Part Two: "Tempting Girls" and Clients in Low-End and Mid-Tier Niche Markets 2. Finding Hope as a "Tempting Girl" in China: Sex Work, Indentured Mobility, and Cosmopolitan Individualism 3. Disappointed and Despondent: How Young-Adult Male Migrants Contest Masculinity in China’s Low-End and Mid-Tier Niche Markets Part Three: Intimacy and Masculinity in High-End Niche Markets 4. Reframing Love with a "Dirty Girl": High-End Sex Work and Intimate Relations in Urban China 5. Reciprocating Desires: The Pursuit of Desirable East Asian Femininity in China’s Commercial Sex Industry Part Four: Social Policy Implications and Criminal Justice 6. Selling Commercial Sex as Edgework 7. Profit-Making Disguised as Rehabilitation: The Biopolitics of the Homo Sacer in China’s Custody Education Program for Sex Workers Conclusion: Understanding the New Trends in China's Commercial Sex Industry References Index
