Routledge Studies on China in Transition

<p><em>China, Sex and Prostitution</em> is a topical and important critique of recent scholarship in China studies concerning sexuality, prostitution and policing. Jeffrey''s arguments are constructed in the form of detailed analysis of a wide range of primary texts, including documents, press reports, police report, and policy and legal pronouncements, and secondary literature in both English and Chinese. The work engages with some key debates in the fields of cultural and gender studies and will be welcomed by scholars in these areas as well as by China specialists, sociologists and anthropologists.</p>