A foreign adventurer's paradise? interracial sexuality and alien sexual capital in reform era Shanghai

Sexualities

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-95

  Farrer, James ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alienation; China; Interracial sexuality; Nightlife; Race; Sexual capital; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249110523     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460709352726     Document Type: Article

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