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Virtually boyfriends: the ‘social factory’ and affective labor of male virtual lovers in China

Chris K. K. Tana Institute of Social Anthropology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Zhiwei Xub School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Pages 1555-1569 | Received 10 Oct 2017, Accepted 01 Mar 2019, Published online: 22 Mar 2019

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Chris K. K. Tan & Jiayu Shi. (2021) Virtually girlfriends: ‘emergent femininity’ and the women who buy virtual loving services in China. Information, Communication & Society 24:15, pages 2213-2228.
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