China, Sex and Prostitution

China, Sex and Prostitution is a topical and important critique of recent scholarship in China studies concerning sexuality, prostitution and policing.

Elaine Jeffreys lectures in China Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Introduction: Telling Tales 1. Changing China: Changing China Studies 2. Changing Institutional Categories and Academic Legitimacy 3. Feminist Prostitution Debates and Responses 4. Prostitution Debates and a Changing China 5. Re-Situating the Chinese Response to Prostitution 6. Policing Change: Changing Disciplinary Technologies Conclusion: China, Sex and Prostitution Reconsidered