Ghosts in Wen-Meng-Lou: From the Othering of a Brothel to the Grounding of a Political Radicalism
| Autor: | Jung-Che Chang, 張榮哲 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 106 When Taipei City government made an abrupt decision in 1997 to abolish its license-based prostitution system and was resisted by sex workers and their supporters, COSWAS (Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters) has been campaigning for the total decriminalization and de-stigmatization of sex work and sex workers since. In 2006, the organization succeeded in lobbying the city government to designate Wen-Meng-Lou, the brothel house and headquarter of the 1997 campaign for sex work rights, as an official heritage site. At the turn of this century, the Taiwanese authorities on both the national and local levels have successfully re-cast themselves as pro-growth regimes. The campaign of Wen-Meng-Lou demonstrates the tidal wave of gentrification invading the Taipei City that is facilitated by the deregulation and privatization of public lands. This trend in turn accelerates financial speculations based on a system of virtualization and monetization of real-estate properties. |
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