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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Padilla, Mark, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Series:Worlds of desire.
Subjects:
Sex tourism > Dominican Republic.
AIDS (Disease) > Dominican Republic.
Gender identity > Dominican Republic.
Travel > Dominican Republic.
Sexual Behavior > Dominican Republic.
Homosexuality, Male > Dominican Republic.
Sex Work > Dominican Republic.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > Dominican Republic.
Socioeconomic Factors > Dominican Republic.
Tourisme sexuel > République dominicaine.
Sida > République dominicaine.
Identité de genre > République dominicaine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
AIDS (Disease)
Gender identity
Sex tourism
Sextourismus
Homosexualität
Aids
Seksualiteit.
Toerisme.
AIDS.
Dominican Republic
Dominikanische Republik
Dominicaanse Republiek.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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