Caribbean pleasure industry

Padilla, Mark, 1969-

Caribbean pleasure industry tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic / [electronic resource] : Tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic Mark Padilla. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - xvii, 294 p. : ill., map. - Worlds of desire . - Worlds of desire. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-280) and index.

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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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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Sex tourism--Dominican Republic.
AIDS (Disease)--Dominican Republic.
Gender identity--Dominican Republic.


Electronic books.

HQ162.5.A5 / P33 2007eb

306.76/62097293