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Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai
Gail Hershatter
Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai
Gail Hershatter
Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century.
603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 16, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780520204393 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 603 |
Dimensions | 158 × 232 × 39 mm · 962 g |
Language | English |
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