Trading Butterflies: The Representation of Asian Sex Workers in Vollmann and Houellebecq
The article compares the representation of Asian sex workers in William T. Vollmann’s Butterfly Stories(1993) and Michel Houellebecq’s Platform(Plateforme, 2001). Both the novels are set in South-East Asia, and both involve an apologetic and romanticised description of the sex trade. By comparing th...
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Milano University Press
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Enthymema |
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/enthymema/article/view/11921 |