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Ethnography and prostitution in Peru /

"A feminist study of prostitution in Peru, this book interrogates the ways in which sexuality, gender and illicit behaviour have been constructed (and deconstructed) over the years. Lorraine Nencel deals with issues such as AIDS, machismo and the regulation of the sex trade. She analyses the qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nencel, Lorraine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2001.
Colección:Anthropology, culture, and society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: zooming in on the locality
  • pt. 1. (En)gendered enclosures
  • Historical narrative of prostitution
  • Read all about it : gender meanings and the written press
  • Prostitution and the construction of men's sexual selves
  • pt. 2. Day and night
  • Writing up the rhythm of fieldwork: an introduction to part II
  • Shaping identities in first encounters
  • Between the stove and the kitchen table
  • Fusion of truths into illusions : the night life and street prostitution
  • Between the four walls : embodying and enacting the prostitute
  • Gendered enclosures and gender identities.