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Gerrie Lim

 
9789814423588: Invisible Trade II
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ISBN 10 : 9814423580 ISBN 13 : 9789814423588
Editeur : Mon

Synopsis

series by Gerrie Lim that has sold over 35,000 copies to date! Writer Gerrie Lim investigates the secret world of high-priced escorts and legal and freelance sex workers in Singapore. The result is a series of lucid portraits offering insights into this remarkable area of modern commerce. His subjects are women who are lavishly rewarded with money and gifts, some diverging from the oft-trod path to perform kinky services that include whipping and spanking, others being flown to exotic resorts in the company of men with money to burn. He also enters the shadowy domain of gay male escorts and karaoke hostesses, whose views challenge societal norms and question assumptions made about their career choices. There s the girl who works at a public relations agency by day and moonlights as an escort by night, the karaoke-bar mamasan who deals in wild and wanton girls from mainland China, the American male escort who gets paid by visiting Shanghai socialites for his companionship both in an out of their hotel bedrooms, and the Singaporean university student who freelances as a bondage model. The result is a fascinating series of cultural observation, from the vantage point of an eloquent literary voice.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

series by Gerrie Lim that has sold over 35,000 copies to date! Writer Gerrie Lim investigates the secret world of high-priced escorts and legal and freelance sex workers in Singapore. The result is a series of lucid portraits offering insights into this remarkable area of modern commerce. His subjects are women who are lavishly rewarded with money and gifts, some diverging from the oft-trod path to perform kinky services that include whipping and spanking, others being flown to exotic resorts in the company of men with money to burn. He also enters the shadowy domain of gay male escorts and karaoke hostesses, whose views challenge societal norms and question assumptions made about their career choices. There s the girl who works at a public relations agency by day and moonlights as an escort by night, the karaoke-bar mamasan who deals in wild and wanton girls from mainland China, the American male escort who gets paid by visiting Shanghai socialites for his companionship both in an out of their hotel bedrooms, and the Singaporean university student who freelances as a bondage model. The result is a fascinating series of cultural observation, from the vantage point of an eloquent literary voice.

Biographie de l'auteur

Los Angeles-based Gerrie Lim wrote the popular 'Cinema Blue' column for Penthouse Variations. He has also written for Billboard, Details, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Wall Street Journal.

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Éditeur
Mon
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9814423580
ISBN 13 
9789814423588
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  9810592094 ISBN 13 :  9789810592097
Editeur : monsoon, 2008
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