Opening Up

Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai

Автор: James Farrer

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: The University of Chicago Press

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From teen dating to public displays of affection, from the "fishing girls" and "big moneys" that wan...

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Автор

James Farrer

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2002

страници

394

EAN

9780226238715

ISBN

0226238717

Enbook ID

04544592

Издател

The University of Chicago Press

Теглоt

632

Размери

229 x 154 x 30

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From teen dating to public displays of affection, from the "fishing girls" and "big moneys" that wander discos in search of romance to the changing shape of sex in the Chinese city, this is a book like no other. James Farrer immerses himself in the vibrant nightlife of Shanghai, draws on individual and group interviews with Chinese youth, as well as recent changes in popular media, and considers how sexual culture has changed in China since its shift to a more market-based economy. More and more men and women in China these days are having sex before marriage, creating a new youth sex culture based on romance, leisure and free choice. The Chinese themselves describe these changes as an "opening up" in response to foreign influences and increased Westernization. Farrer explores these changes by tracing the basic elements in talk about sex and sexuality in Shanghai. He then shows how Chinese youth act out the sometimes-contradictory meanings of sex in the new market society. For Farrer, sexuality is a lens through which we can see how China imagines and understands itself in the wake of increased globalization. Through personal storytelling, neighbourhood gossip and games of seduction, young men and women in Shanghai balance pragmatism with romance, lust with love, and seriousness with play, collectively constructing and individually coping with a new culture based on market principles. With its provocative glimpse into the sex lives of young Chinese, then, "Opening Up" offers something even greater: a thoughtful consideration of China as it continues to develop into an economic superpower.

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