Intimate Industries - Restructuring (Im)Material Labor in Asia (Paperback)

This issue addresses how laborers within intimate industries-those who do interpersonal work that tends to the sexual, bodily, health, hygiene, or care needs of individuals-are shaping Asia's growing role in the global economy. The contributors investigate how intimate industries support relational connections for consumers while disrupting laborers' relationships, as in the case of migrants who perform intimate labor away from their families and communities of origin. The articles collected here include examinations of such trade-offs and their complex meanings and implications for the workers. The authors explore these social processes through the lens of industries that organize, enable, or delimit the trade in domestic labor, marriage migration, companionship and romance, sex work, pornographic performance, surrogate mothering and ova donation, and cosmetics sales. This issue puts people, as embodied subjects, back into narratives of economic change and offers a perspective on globalization from below. Contributors: Daniele Belanger, Hae Yeon Choo, Nicole Constable, Daisy Deomampo, Akhil Gupta, Chaitanya Lakkimsetti, Pei-Chia Lan, Purnima Mankekar, Eileen Otis, Juno Salazar Parrenas, Rhacel Parrenas, Sharmila Rudrappa, Celine Parrenas Shimizu, Rachel Silvey, Hung Cam Thai, Leslie Wang

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2016
Editors:	Rhacel Salazar Parrenas • Hung Cam Thai • Rachel Silvey
Dimensions:	201 x 175 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-0-8223-6846-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Prostitution Promotions
LSN:	0-8223-6846-3
Barcode:	9780822368465

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