Dangerous Pleasures. Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai.
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1999. First Paperback Edition. Stock ID #167269 This pioneering work examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century to the present. Drawn mostly from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. Yet they were central figures in Shanghai urban life, entering the historical record whenever others wanted to appreciate, castigate, count, regulate, cure, pathologize, warn about, rescue, eliminate, or deploy them as a symbol in a larger social panorama. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167269.
Black and white illustrations, xii + 591pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, lower cover scratched, upper cover light crease upper right corner, remainder mark lower edge, shelf wear, still a good paperback copy.
Price: $40.00 AU