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Lydia?s Open Door : Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel.
Examines the lives of the women who work in the Zona Galactica, a state-run brothel in Chiapas' capital city. By delving into lives that would otherwise go unremarked, this book documents the modernization of the sex industry during the neoliberal era in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Map of Chiapas; Introduction; 1. Modern Sex in a Modern City; 2. Hidden in Plain Sight: Street Prostitution; 3. Inside the Galactic Zone: Regulating Sex, Regulating Women; 4. Convergence: Panistas, Prostitutes, and Peasants; 5. "It Began Innocently": Women of the Ambiente; 6. Sellers and Buyers; 7. The Secrets We Keep: Sex, Work, Stigma; 8. Final Thoughts: Understanding, Imagining; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.