Governing buyers of sex in the People's Republic of China

Jeffreys, E

Governing buyers of sex in the People's Republic of China

Jeffreys, E

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Economy and Society, 2006, 35 (4), pp. 571 - 593
Issue Date:: 2006-11-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Jeffreys, E https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-7080	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Economy and Society, 2006, 35 (4), pp. 571 - 593	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0308-5147	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5129
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the developing body of Chinese prostitution law, and the nature of its implementation, with reference to mainstream media controversy surrounding the case of a male academic penalized as a buyer of commercial sexual services in late 2004. It argues that the protagonist's highly public 'fall from grace' may owe more to the Chinese media's new capacity to act as part of a disciplinary apparatus that extends beyond the purview of the Party-state -via its claim to promote freedom of information -than the presumed repressive ethos of the Chinese Communist Party.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Economy and Society	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/03085140600960823	en_US
dc.subject.classification	General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Governing buyers of sex in the People's Republic of China	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	35	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	1606 Political Science	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	35	en_US

Abstract:

This paper examines the developing body of Chinese prostitution law, and the nature of its implementation, with reference to mainstream media controversy surrounding the case of a male academic penalized as a buyer of commercial sexual services in late 2004. It argues that the protagonist's highly public 'fall from grace' may owe more to the Chinese media's new capacity to act as part of a disciplinary apparatus that extends beyond the purview of the Party-state -via its claim to promote freedom of information -than the presumed repressive ethos of the Chinese Communist Party.

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