{"product_id":"the-states-sexuality-park-jeong-mi-9780520396463","title":"The State's Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea Volume 20","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe State's Sexuality \u003c\/i\u003euncovers how the lives and work of women engaged in prostitution, long considered the most abased members of society, have been strategically intertwined with the lofty purpose of building South Korea's postcolonial nation-state. Through a complicated, contradictory patchwork of laws and regulations, which Park Jeong-Mi conceptualizes as a \"toleration-regulation regime,\" the South Korean state did not merely exclude sex workers from ordinary citizenship; it also mobilized them for national security, national development, and the making of a gendered citizenry. In the process, the newly independent state was constructed, augmented, and consolidated. Sex workers often protested such draconian policies and sometimes utilized state apparatuses to get recognition as citizens. Based on expansive, meticulous archival research and sophisticated interpretation of historical records and women's voices, Park rewrites the dynamic history of South Korea from 1945 to the present through the lens of prostitution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Jeong-Mi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520396464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520396463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Park Jeong-Mi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46024975286527,"sku":"9780520396463","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a483298-796a-441d-bcaf-26e7eecf00bf.jpg?v=1723129669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-states-sexuality-park-jeong-mi-9780520396463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}