Title The intimate economies of Bangkok : tomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city / Ara Wilson.

Publication Info.	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004]
	©2004

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HQ1075.5.T5 W54 2004	Available	---

Description	xvi, 272 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and index.
Contents	Introduction : Intimate economies -- From shophouse to department store -- Economies of intimacy in the go-go bar -- MBK : the retail revolution and the infrastructure of romance -- Flexible citizens of IBC Cable TV -- Avon lady, the Amway plan, and the making of Thai entrepreneurs -- Conclusion : Intimacy of capitalism.
Subject	Sex role -- Thailand -- Bangkok.
	Sex role.
	Thailand -- Bangkok.
	Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Thailand -- Bangkok.
	Capitalism -- Social aspects.
	Globalization.
	Globalization.
	Women -- Thailand -- Social conditions.
	Women.
	Thailand.
	Social conditions.
	Women -- Thailand -- Economic conditions.
	Economic conditions.
	Gender roles.
	Women.
	Womyn.
ISBN	0520239687 paperback alkaline paper
	0520237838 cloth alkaline paper