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Author Law, Lisa, 1967-

Title Sex work in Southeast Asia : the place of desire in a time of AIDS / Lisa Law.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 146 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledge Pacific rim geographies ; 2
Routledge Pacific Rim geographies ; 2.
Note Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Dept. of Human Geography, Australian National University, 1996).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Rethinking the prostitute subject : bodies, subjectivities and space -- 2. Cartographies of desire : mapping Southeast Asian sex industries -- 3. Negotiating the bar : sex, money and the uneasy politics of third space -- 4. Beyond the bar : lives, community and transient identities -- 5. Sex work, HIV/AIDS and blame : mandatory HIV antibody testing -- 6. Prostitute victim/sex worker agent : the global discourse of NGOs -- 7. Conclusion.
Summary Annotation This cultural critique of HIV/AIDS prevention programmes targetting sex tourism industries in Southeast Asia posits a new place for a speaking sex worker subject. Provides vital up-to-date research for scholars in many disciplines.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Prostitution -- Southeast Asia.
Prostitution.
Southeast Asia.
Sex tourism -- Southeast Asia.
Sex tourism.
Sex industry -- Southeast Asia.
Sex industry.
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia.
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects.
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) -- Southeast Asia -- Prevention.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Female prostitution.
Prostitution.
Sex tourism.
Other Form: Print version: Law, Lisa, 1967- Sex work in Southeast Asia. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 0415218055 (DLC) 99087581 (OCoLC)43095835
ISBN 0203251539 (electronic book)
9780203251539 (electronic book)
020346267X (electronic book)
9780203462676 (electronic book)
9780415218054 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0415218055 (cloth ; alkaline paper)