Description: Further DetailsTitle: Dealing in DesireCondition: NewEAN: 9780520275577ISBN: 9780520275577Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/11/2015Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 363gAuthor: Kimberly Kay HoangLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex WorkISBN-10: 0520275578Description: This captivating ethnography explores Vietnam's sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. Over the course of five years, author Kimberly Kay Hoang worked at four exclusive Saigon hostess bars catering to diverse clientele: wealthy local Vietnamese and Asian businessmen, Viet Kieus (ethnic Vietnamese living abroad), Western businessmen, and Western budget-tourists. Dealing in Desire takes an in-depth and often personal look at both the sex workers and their clients to show how Vietnamese high finance and benevolent giving are connected to the intimate spheres of the informal economy. For the domestic super-elite who use the levers of political power to channel foreign capital into real estate and manufacturing projects, conspicuous consumption is a means of projecting an image of Asian ascendancy to potential investors. For Viet Kieus and Westerners who bring remittances into the local economy, personal relationships with local sex workers reinforce their ideas of Asia's rise and Western decline, while simultaneously bolstering their diminished masculinity.Dealing in Desire illuminates Ho Chi Minh City's sex industry as not just a microcosm of the global economy, but a critical space where dreams and deals are traded.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Gender Sex & Relationships, LGBTQ+Release Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Dealing in Desire
Title: Dealing in Desire
EAN: 9780520275577
ISBN: 9780520275577
Release Date: 02/11/2015
Release Year: 2015
Subtitle: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of G
ISBN-10: 0520275578
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Dealing in Desire : Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Gender Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions, Prostitution & Sex Trade
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Kimberly Kay Hoang
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
