Prostitution and Sexuality in Shanghai: A Social History, 1849-1949 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521571654)

Shanghai's nightlife, from the mid-nineteenth century until the victory of the Communist Party in 1949, was dominated by the world of prostitution. Henriot portrays the Chinese sex trade, from the sophisticated life of the courtesan, to the common life of street prostitution. He examines the extent to which these worlds were integral to Chinese social life, commercial trends, and Chinese mores and sexuality. He draws a picture of a sector that was sensitive to economic and social change, and thus a good reflection of Shanghai's changing social structure, societal attitudes, and commercial development.

Author: Christian Henriot
ISBN-10: 0521571650
ISBN-13: 9780521571654
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/23/2001
Pages: 486
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.94lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2001 pg. 738