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Caribbean pleasure industry : tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic /

In recent years, the economy of the Caribbean has become almost completely dependent on international tourism. And today one of the chief ways that foreign visitors there seek pleasure is through prostitution. While much has been written on the female sex workers who service these tourists, Caribbea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Padilla, Mark, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Colección:Worlds of desire.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Global sexual spaces and their hierarchies
  • "Me la busco" : looking for life in the Dominican pleasure industry
  • "Orgullo gay Dominicano": shifting cultural politics of sexual identity in Santo Domingo
  • Familial discretions : unveiling the other side of sex work
  • "Love," finance, and authenticity in gay sex tourism
  • AIDS, the "bisexual bridge," and the political economy of risk in the Dominican Republic
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: selected survey results.