Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the Men and Women of Hong Kong's Sex Industry

Hong Kong has a bewildering range of sex businesses offering services to suit all imaginable tastes. But how do local prostitutes deal with the ruthless competition posed by mainland Chinese girls?

To find out, Yeeshan Yang spent a year gaining trust of the city's sex workers, interviewing nearly fifty hookers, toy boys, transsexual prostitutes, mama-sans and brothel owners.

This book contains tales of easy money, financial ruin and hopeless love affairs - and rare first-hand insights into Hong Kong's huge but hidden sex industry

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Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the Men and Women of Hong Kong's Sex Industry

Hong Kong has a bewildering range of sex businesses offering services to suit all imaginable tastes. But how do local prostitutes deal with the ruthless competition posed by mainland Chinese girls?

To find out, Yeeshan Yang spent a year gaining trust of the city's sex workers, interviewing nearly fifty hookers, toy boys, transsexual prostitutes, mama-sans and brothel owners.

This book contains tales of easy money, financial ruin and hopeless love affairs - and rare first-hand insights into Hong Kong's huge but hidden sex industry

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Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the Men and Women of Hong Kong's Sex Industry

Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the Men and Women of Hong Kong's Sex Industry

by Yeeshan Yang
Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the Men and Women of Hong Kong's Sex Industry

Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the Men and Women of Hong Kong's Sex Industry

by Yeeshan Yang

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Overview

Hong Kong has a bewildering range of sex businesses offering services to suit all imaginable tastes. But how do local prostitutes deal with the ruthless competition posed by mainland Chinese girls?

To find out, Yeeshan Yang spent a year gaining trust of the city's sex workers, interviewing nearly fifty hookers, toy boys, transsexual prostitutes, mama-sans and brothel owners.

This book contains tales of easy money, financial ruin and hopeless love affairs - and rare first-hand insights into Hong Kong's huge but hidden sex industry


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789628673285
Publisher: Blacksmith Books
Publication date: 11/16/2010
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.30(d)

Table of Contents

1 A rose by any other name 7

2 Street life 23

3 A woman of her own making 33

4 The law, gangsters, and volunteers 49

5 Importing the Japanese nightclub 59

6 Lau Keikei 63

7 What's on the menu? 73

8 Northern girls 87

9 Fertility for sale 101

10 Pimps 119

11 Same old business: new professionals required 127

12 Love, face, and the future 141

13 Male prostitutes 157

14 Ah Dong and Gee Choi 171

15 Joyful chicken 183

16 Pocket-money sex 193

17 Who wants a revolution? 207

18 From the outside looking in 217

19 Sex workers, watch your step 229

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