Transnational Prostitution: Changing Patterns in a Global ContextSusanne Thorbek, Bandana Pattanaik Patterns of prostitution, like so much else in our increasingly inter-connected world, are changing radically, as the investigations in this volume dramatically show. The question of migrant prostitutes in the West may be much debated, but it is little researched. This collection makes a radical break with the current media focus on human trafficking and the old habit of simply blaming the victim. What emerges is a nuanced and empirically grounded portrait of the complexities of prostitution across national boundaries today. |
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... income areas to high - income areas , to fill gaps which cannot be filled by indigenous labour ( Truong 1995 : 150 ) . Adapting Truong's hypothesis , transnational prostitution of Thai women to Germany must be seen as cheap reproductive ...
... income naturally depends on the demand , the average incomes of ordinary sex - workers vary widely from woman to woman and from parlour to parlour . This makes it difficult to generalize and come up with estimates of overall average incomes ...
... income but a way to supplement their main income from their domestic jobs as housekeepers or maids . During the 1890s abolitionists received wide support and in 1906 public regulation ended and prostitutes ( but not their clients ) were ...
Contents
Sex Diaries of Tourists Returning from | 13 |
Male Perspectives | 24 |
Postcolonial Entrepreneurs | 42 |
Copyright | |
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