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Caribbean pleasure industry : tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic

Author
Padilla, Mark, 1969-
Title
Caribbean pleasure industry : tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic / Mark Padilla.
Format
Book
Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Description
xvii, 294 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
URL
<Table of contents only> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006039087.html <Publisher description> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006039087-d.html <Contributor biographical information> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006039087-b.html
Portion of title
Tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic
Series
Worlds of desire
Notes
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.
Kinsey subjects
Prostitution--Dominican Republic. AIDS--Dominican Republic. Gender role identification--Dominican Republic.
ISBN
9780226644356 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226644363 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226644359 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226644367 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
532.2 P14 c2 2007
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute