Economies of desire : sex and tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic / Amalia L. Cabezas

Author:: Cabezas, Amalia L.
Published:: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.
Physical Description:: xii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Contents:

Introduction: Affective economies of sexualized tourism -- Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic -- Neoliberal times in Cuba and the Dominican Republic -- Eroticizing labor in all-inclusive resorts -- Daughters of Yemayá and other luchadoras -- Tourism, sex work, and the discourse of human rights.

Subject(s):

Sex tourism—Cuba
Sex tourism—Dominican Republic
Prostitution—Cuba
Prostitution—Dominican Republic
Women—Violence against
Tourists—Sexual behavior
Sex industry—Social aspects

ISBN:

9781592137497 (cloth : alk. paper)
1592137490 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781592137503 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1592137504 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-210) and index.

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