Love in the drug war : selling sex and finding Jesus on the Mexico-US border /

"This book looks at sex workers in "la zona," a walled area within Reynosa (the Mexican side of the border), and the missionaries who came to Reynosa to "rescue" them. The relationship between the sex workers and the missionaries intensified and became more complex as the dr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luna, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Prostitution > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Church work with prostitutes > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Sex industry > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Religion and culture > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Drug traffic > Social aspects > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Church work with prostitutes
Drug traffic > Social aspects
Prostitution
Religion and culture
Sex industry
Social conditions
Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > Social conditions.
Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Drug work and sex work in Reynosa. 1 Dinero fácil: the gendered moral economies of drug work and sex work
  • 2. Rumors of violence and feelings of vulnerability
  • Part II. The intimate and economic obligations of sex workers. 3. Stigmatized whores, obligated mothers, and respectable prostitutes
  • 4. "Sometimes we, as mothers, are to blame": drug-addicted sex workers and the politics of blame
  • Part III. Missionary projects in Boystown. 5. The love triad between sex workers, missionaries, and God
  • 6. Love and conflict in sex worker/missionary relationships
  • Conclusion.

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