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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... authorities re- garding prostitutes shifted to young women who had moved from the countryside to the urban areas . It was not the ' old established ' women in Copenhagen , but the younger women who had migrated there who represented a ...
... authorities and how they hide the way they earn their money from family and friends through their compartmentalized way of living . This mobility on a European level is a result of the EU's economic and political integration . The ...
... authorities , and this was further exacerbated by language and cultural barriers . Employers of Thai migrant sex - workers normally keep their pass- ports ( forged or genuine ) until the debt repayment period is over . Some , however ...
Contents
Sex Diaries of Tourists Returning from | 13 |
Male Perspectives | 24 |
Postcolonial Entrepreneurs | 42 |
Copyright | |
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