Sexual Cultures in East Asia

The Social Construction of Sexuality and Sexual Risk in a Time of AIDS

• Author(s): Evelyne Micollier,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 312
• ISBN_10: 1134393504
  ISBN_13: 9781134393503
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / AIDS & HIV , History / Asia / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Regional Studies , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues , Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity ,

Description:... Using case-studies from East and Southeast Asia, this book examines sexuality and AIDS-related sexual risk in the context of Asian cultures. It offers a complementary perspective, documented with sociological and anthropological data, to historical studies and looks at commercial sex work, kinship systems, matrimonial strategies, gender, power relations, and the relevance of cultural constructs such as Confucianism and Taoism for the analysis of sexual cultures in Asia.