Ethnographies of Prostitution in Contemporary

Based on three years of extensive fieldwork, this ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of rural migrant women working as karaoke bar hostesses, delving into the interplay of gender politics, nationalism, and power relationships that inhere in practices of birth control, disease control, and control of women's bodies.

Tiantian Zheng is Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology at State University of New York, Cortland, and author of Red Lights: The Lives of Sex Workers in Postsocialist China.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Gender and Prophylactic Use in Chinese History	p. 29
Nationalism and Women in the Discourse of HIV/AIDS in China	p. 55
Vilifying and Promoting Condom Use in Postsocialist China	p. 77
Perceptions toward Condom Use among Male Clients of Dalian Hostesses	p. 97
Perceptions toward Condom Use among Dalian Hostesses	p. 121
Sexual Matters and HIV Risks in Male Clients' Everyday Lives	p. 147
Afterword	p. 165
Notes	p. 183
References	p. 199
Index	p. 231
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Ethnographies of Prostitution in Contemporary China Gender Relations, HIV/AIDS, and Nationalism

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