International Women in South Korea's Sex Industry : A New Commodity Frontier
Abstract/Sommario:
The influx of Russian entertainers and sex workers to South Korea exemplifies complex intersections of cultural and economic factors that fuel international migration of women. The article discusses the role of race and nationalism in constructing the ideal type of Western women that serves as a new commodity frontier. Paralleling the rapid economic development of the 1970s and 1980s, the sex and nightlife industry in Korea visibly exploded in every major city and began to spread rapid ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | International Women in South Korea's Sex Industry : A New Commodity Frontier/ Joon K. Kim and May Fu |
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IN Per: Asian Survey, vol. 48, n. 3 (2008 May-June) p. 492-513
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| ID scheda | 61370 |