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Trading Butterflies: The Representation of Asian Sex Workers in Vollmann and Houellebecq

Marco Malvestio

Abstrak

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 the two novels, I argue that both authors’ treatments of the sex industry develop a critique of Western Orientalism, and at the same time sympathy for and complicity with the colonial power dynamics that regulate the relationships between Asian countries and the West.

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Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar Style. Composition. Rhetoric Literature (General) Oratory. Elocution, etc.

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Marco Malvestio

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Malvestio, M. (2019). Trading Butterflies: The Representation of Asian Sex Workers in Vollmann and Houellebecq. https://doi.org/10.13130/2037-2426/11921

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Tahun Terbit: 2019
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.13130/2037-2426/11921
Akses: Open Access ✓