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Author Padilla, Mark, 1969-

Title Caribbean pleasure industry [electronic resource] : tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic / Mark Padilla.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvii, 294 p. : ill., map.
Series Worlds of desire
Worlds of desire.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-280) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Sex tourism -- Dominican Republic.
AIDS (Disease) -- Dominican Republic.
Gender identity -- Dominican Republic.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic
ISBN 9780226644356 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226644363 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226644359 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226644367 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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