Night market : sexual cultures and the Thai economic miracle / Ryan Bishop and Lillian S. Robinson.
Night market : sexual cultures and the Thai economic miracle / Ryan Bishop and Lillian S. Robinson.
Night market : sexual cultures and the Thai economic miracle / Ryan Bishop and Lillian S. Robinson.
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New York : Routledge, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N380.1453067/1
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English
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Physical content
x, 278 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Points of Departure: Catalysts and Contexts -- 2. Naming the Problem -- 3. Languages of Tourism -- 4. A Very Political Economy -- 5. Imagining Sexual Others -- 6. The Bar Scene -- 7. The Unspeakable -- 8. Sexual Theory and Its Discontents.
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New York : Routledge, 1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
In Thailand, a $4 billion per year tourist industry is the linchpin of the modernization process called the "Thai Economic Miracle." And what is Thailand's main attraction? Sex for hire. Year after year, young women are lured to Bangkok to staff the teeming brothels that cater to male tourists from the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Australi...
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Night market : sexual cultures and the Thai economic miracle / Ryan Bishop and Lillian S. Robinson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.
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N380.1453067/1
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74VMb0BJwRDA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMb0BJwRDA
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0415914299 (pbk.)
9780415914284 (hc)
0415914280 (hc)
9780415914291 (pbk.)
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380.1453067409593
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991000921379702626
