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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... create themselves in the image of the white world , fulfilling their female customers ' fantasies with their hairstyles , their young , well- trimmed bodies , virility and sex - drive as well as their lack of inhibitions . Even if the ...
... created . The management of sexuality , parenting and morality was at the heart of the late imperial project . ' Cohabitation , prostitution , and legally recognised mixed marriages slotted women , men , and their progeny differently in ...
... created an ethnic subculture in which the women seek to re - create the everyday life of back home . The women cling together in groups and speak Thai or provincial dialects ( predominantly Lao - the dialect of the north - eastern ...
Contents
Sex Diaries of Tourists Returning from | 13 |
Male Perspectives | 24 |
Postcolonial Entrepreneurs | 42 |
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