Nguyen-vo Thu-Huong is associate professor of Asian languages and cultures and Asian American studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it. Theoretically sophisticated, insightful and well-written, this study draws on a wide range of Vietnamese-language materials and field interviews and experience to develop a clear and strong argument. Skillfully and concisely crafted, The Ironies of Freedom is an important addition to the literatures on sex work, Vietnamese studies and contemporary political economy."

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One | Sex for Sale: Entrepreneurial and Consumerist Freedom1. The Hooking Economy: Entrepreneurial Choice and Commercial Sex in the Liberalizing Economy2. Hierarchy and Geography: Class and National Identity in Sex ConsumptionPart Two | The Real and the True: Governing by Choice and Coercion3. The Rise of the Empirical and the Case of Medical Expertise: A Genealogy of Governance4. Governing Passion: Consumers' Choice and the Production of a Differentiated Citizenry in Public Medicine5. Who You Truly Are: Coercion, Culture, and the Global Imaginary in the Governmental Rehabilitation of Sex Workers6. What Kind of Power? Specialization of Intervention and the Coexisting Modes of GovernancePart Three | To the Real: Ideology and Cultural Production7. From Antigone to the Kneeling Woman: A Genealogy of the Real from Socialism to the Preparation for Marketization8. Love in the Time of Neoliberalism: Ideology and the New Social Realism in Popular CultureConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Nguyen-vo Thu-Huong is associate professor of Asian languages and cultures and Asian American studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it. Theoretically sophisticated, insightful and well-written, this study draws on a wide range of Vietnamese-language materials and field interviews and experience to develop a clear and strong argument. Skillfully and concisely crafted, The Ironies of Freedom is an important addition to the literatures on sex work, Vietnamese studies and contemporary political economy."

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One | Sex for Sale: Entrepreneurial and Consumerist Freedom1. The Hooking Economy: Entrepreneurial Choice and Commercial Sex in the Liberalizing Economy2. Hierarchy and Geography: Class and National Identity in Sex ConsumptionPart Two | The Real and the True: Governing by Choice and Coercion3. The Rise of the Empirical and the Case of Medical Expertise: A Genealogy of Governance4. Governing Passion: Consumers' Choice and the Production of a Differentiated Citizenry in Public Medicine5. Who You Truly Are: Coercion, Culture, and the Global Imaginary in the Governmental Rehabilitation of Sex Workers6. What Kind of Power? Specialization of Intervention and the Coexisting Modes of GovernancePart Three | To the Real: Ideology and Cultural Production7. From Antigone to the Kneeling Woman: A Genealogy of the Real from Socialism to the Preparation for Marketization8. Love in the Time of Neoliberalism: Ideology and the New Social Realism in Popular CultureConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Nguyen-vo Thu-Huong is associate professor of Asian languages and cultures and Asian American studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it. Theoretically sophisticated, insightful and well-written, this study draws on a wide range of Vietnamese-language materials and field interviews and experience to develop a clear and strong argument. Skillfully and concisely crafted, The Ironies of Freedom is an important addition to the literatures on sex work, Vietnamese studies and contemporary political economy."

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One | Sex for Sale: Entrepreneurial and Consumerist Freedom1. The Hooking Economy: Entrepreneurial Choice and Commercial Sex in the Liberalizing Economy2. Hierarchy and Geography: Class and National Identity in Sex ConsumptionPart Two | The Real and the True: Governing by Choice and Coercion3. The Rise of the Empirical and the Case of Medical Expertise: A Genealogy of Governance4. Governing Passion: Consumers' Choice and the Production of a Differentiated Citizenry in Public Medicine5. Who You Truly Are: Coercion, Culture, and the Global Imaginary in the Governmental Rehabilitation of Sex Workers6. What Kind of Power? Specialization of Intervention and the Coexisting Modes of GovernancePart Three | To the Real: Ideology and Cultural Production7. From Antigone to the Kneeling Woman: A Genealogy of the Real from Socialism to the Preparation for Marketization8. Love in the Time of Neoliberalism: Ideology and the New Social Realism in Popular CultureConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex