« Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai

« Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai

The exotic novel, The World of Suzie Wong, and its many adaptations immortalized the red-light district of Wan Chai, Hong Kong with its American sailors, British Empire expatriates and Hong Kong prostitutes in the late 1950s. Due to globalization, Wan Chai is now frequented by migrant women from sev...

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Main Author: Nicolas Paris
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société 2011-06-01
Series:Genre, Sexualité et Société
Subjects:
exoticism
Wan Chai
Suzie Wong
prostitution
Hong Kong
globalization
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/gss/1878
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spelling doaj-1dffdd3b624447a6b7197ddd0c912da92020-11-24T21:13:33ZfraGenre, Sexualité et SociétéGenre, Sexualité et Société2104-37362011-06-01510.4000/gss.1878« Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan ChaiNicolas ParisThe exotic novel, The World of Suzie Wong, and its many adaptations immortalized the red-light district of Wan Chai, Hong Kong with its American sailors, British Empire expatriates and Hong Kong prostitutes in the late 1950s. Due to globalization, Wan Chai is now frequented by migrant women from several Southeast Asian countries. However, the red-light district is always associated in the press and travel guides with “the Suzie Wong days”. These social representations reveal the transformation of a red-light district into an historic and picturesque adult entertainment district and the commoditization of a “practice of exoticism”.http://journals.openedition.org/gss/1878exoticismWan ChaiSuzie WongprostitutionHong Kongglobalization
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« Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai
Genre, Sexualité et Société
exoticism
Wan Chai
Suzie Wong
prostitution
Hong Kong
globalization
author_facet Nicolas Paris
author_sort Nicolas Paris
title « Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai
title_short « Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai
title_full « Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai
title_fullStr « Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai
title_full_unstemmed « Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai
title_sort « comme à l’époque de suzie wong ». les mutations du red-light district de wan chai
publisher Genre, Sexualité et Société
series Genre, Sexualité et Société
issn 2104-3736
publishDate 2011-06-01
description The exotic novel, The World of Suzie Wong, and its many adaptations immortalized the red-light district of Wan Chai, Hong Kong with its American sailors, British Empire expatriates and Hong Kong prostitutes in the late 1950s. Due to globalization, Wan Chai is now frequented by migrant women from several Southeast Asian countries. However, the red-light district is always associated in the press and travel guides with “the Suzie Wong days”. These social representations reveal the transformation of a red-light district into an historic and picturesque adult entertainment district and the commoditization of a “practice of exoticism”.
topic exoticism
Wan Chai
Suzie Wong
prostitution
Hong Kong
globalization
url http://journals.openedition.org/gss/1878
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