pub * Sex, Power and the Erotic Dance Pubs of Taiwan: A Field Observation pub deployment of sexuality heterotopia The sites of sex work are often simply described as optimum spaces of one-way exploitation. The present essay, through in-depth field studies of the newly emerged erotic dance pubs of Taiwan, attempts to detail this specific historical formation of the Taiwanese sex industry as well as these new sites of struggle established by sex workers, sites that have transcended the traditional cultural imaginary of victimization associated with sex work. I believe at the present moment the new sex industry that is forming itself on the mode of flirtation is moving toward the practices of modern service industries in order to foster a steady rate of profit and its own continued operation. Such new practices have then in turn forged new models of interaction between the two genders, creating many highly heterogeneous practices within the traditional deployment of sexuality, thus creating numerous heterotopias among today s sex industry. It is stipulated that these new interactive models and practices are likely to create more room and autonomy for teenage girls who are entering the erotic dance industry, reshape the structure and implications of sex work in general, and directly or indirectly modify the gender hostility and gender oppression that have come to shape the socialization of all girls. Keywords: sex work, teenage erotic dancers, heterotopia, service industry, lap dance * NSC88-2411-H008-014 1999 12 pub pub 2000 4 22-23 44 2001 12 167-199 167
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