Download or read book Ethnographies of Prostitution in Contemporary China written by T. Zheng and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.