Women In China's Heroin Trade: A Niche Market Perspective
Zhang's three-year field study encountered numerous female entrepreneurs in the heroin trade in southeast China. Many of them were found in prisons serving long sentences, while others were doing small time drug trade on the street as a means to sustaining their own addiction.
Drawing on data from a survey of 297 convicted female inmates and in-depth interviews with more than a dozen of active drug dealers in an urban setting, this presentation explains women’s participation in this illicit enterprise, and how gender plays a meaningful role in gaining market share and even strengthens a female dealer’s position in an illicit business that is dominated by men elsewhere in the world.
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Niles Gallery
Join the UK Appalachian Center at RCARS in Jackson, KY for our 2nd annual Pickin' Time Event on Saturday, November 1, 2014! This is a great event for learning about culture through various musical workshops, cutting board workshops, a local craft market, a visual arts showcase, farmer's market, and much more. UK Students, Faculy, and Staff are invited to go by bus. Please, RSVP to Erin Norton by October 15th, 2014 via email at 