East Asian Sexualities

This book contains chapters that address the diversity and variety of everyday sexual lives and sexual politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. They range from workplace sexual cultures, trans-national sexual relations, the conditions of sex-work and the emergence of new sexual desires, cultures and movements. The contributors highlight the gendered and sexual consequences of globalization and rapid social change. In doing so, they engage with western debates on late modernity while also exploring the contested understandings of modernization and westernization in the East. This is a collection which illuminates the local situations in which women's sexual lives are lived and offers fresh perspectives on global issues.

Introduction: Framing the Issues Liu Jieyu, Woo Juhyun and Stevi JacksonPart 1: sex and workGlobal Cinderellas: Negotiating Sexuality in Cross-Border MigrationLan Pei-chiaSexualized Labour? The 'white collar beauty' in provincial ChinaLiu Jieyu The Office Party: Corporate sexual culture and sexual harassment in the South Korean workplace.Lee Sung-eunSexual Harassment and Corporate Culture in JapanMuta Kazue 'Oh, my boyfriend once was my client '- negotiating sex and work among Taiwanese sex workersChen Mei-huaAm I a sex worker? - Prostitute women's understandings of work and the organization of sex work in the Pearl River Delta AreaDing Yu & Petula Ho Sik-yingPart 2: The politics and practice of intimate relationshipsChinese Women's Perceptions of Sex, Love and MarriageLi YinheThe Sexual Politics of Difference in Contemporary Korea: The Lesbian Rights Movement and the Sex Workers' MovementCho Joo-hyun'How did you two meet?' The formation of lesbian partnerships in JapanKamano SaoriTalking about "good sex" - Hong Kong women in the 21st century(Annie) Chan Hau Nung, Social Change and Declining Birth Rate in Japanese FamiliesSekii Tomoko Becoming "the First Wives:" Gender, Intimacy, and Global Economy across the Taiwan Strait Shen Hsiu-hua

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