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Living on the margin/living in the mainstream: the cultural milieu of sex workers on Un Chau Street, Hong Kong.

Lee Wai-yi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [235-238]). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Literature Review / Methodology / Fieldsite Specification / Chapter 2 --- The Working Career/Moral Career of Ten Street Sex Workers --- p.40 / How Much Sadness/Humiliation have You Prepared for? / Careers / Implications / Chapter 3 --- Street Attraction: A General Portrait of the Work --- p.67 / Chapter 4 --- """Their Pleasure is Your Business"" On Work, Body, Sexuality and Clients" --- p.82 / Clients / Clients: in the Eyes of the Sex Workers / Their Pleasure is Your Business? / Chapter 5 --- """Their Pleasure is Your Felicity"" On Louh-Gung and Boyfriends" --- p.106 / Some Important Themes / Their Pleasure is Your Felicity? / Chapter 6 --- Street Order: Legal and Illegal Forces --- p.129 / Legal Force / Illegal Force / Co-management of Street Business by Legal and Illegal Forces / Their Pleasure is Your Safety? / Chapter 7 --- The Indecent Need: Taking Drugs --- p.161 / Non-users' Description / Users' Description / Themes Underlying these Descriptions / Chapter 8 --- "Other Social Networks On Parents, Siblings, Children, Friends and Colleagues" --- p.177 / "Parents, Siblings and Children" / Friends and Colleagues / Implications / Chapter 9 --- Happiness: Who is Qualified? A Reflexive Discussion of Our Standardized Felicity --- p.201 / "On the Margin, In the Mainstream" / The Process of Marginalization in the / Street / Standardized Happiness / "Towards a Broader Meaning of ""Happiness""" / Bibliography --- p.235

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322624
Date January 1999
ContributorsLi, Weiyi., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Anthropology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iii, 234, [4] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Un Chau Street (Hong Kong, China)
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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