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Policing Pleasure : Sex Work, Policy, and the State in Global Perspective.

Monica waits in the Anti-Venereal Medical Service of the Zona Galactica, the legal, state-run brothel where she works in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. Surrounded by other sex workers, she clutches the Sanitary Control Card that deems her registered with the city, disease-free, and able to work. On the o...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Dewey, Susan (Éditeur intellectuel), Kelly, Patty, 1968- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : NYU Press, 2011.
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Résumé:Monica waits in the Anti-Venereal Medical Service of the Zona Galactica, the legal, state-run brothel where she works in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. Surrounded by other sex workers, she clutches the Sanitary Control Card that deems her registered with the city, disease-free, and able to work. On the other side of the world, Min stands singing karaoke with one of her regular clients, warily eyeing the door lest a raid by the anti-trafficking Public Security Bureau disrupt their evening by placing one or both of them in jail. Whether in Mexico or China, sex work-related public policy varies consid.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:9780814785102
0814785107