Caribbean Pleasure Industry - Tourism, Sexuality, and Aids in the Dominican Republic

In recent years, the economy of the Caribbean has become almost completely dependent on international tourism. And today one of the chief ways that foreign visitors there seek pleasure is through prostitution. While much has been written on the female sex workers who service these tourists, "Caribbean Pleasure Industry" shifts the focus to the men. Drawing on his ground-breaking ethnographic research in the Dominican Republic, Mark Padilla discovers a complex world where the global political and economic impact of tourism has led to shifting sexual identities, growing economic pressures, and new challenges for HIV prevention. In fluid prose, Padilla analyzes men who have sex with male tourists, yet identify themselves as "normal" hetero-sexual men and struggle to maintain this status within their relationships with wives and girlfriends. Padillas exceptional ability to describe the experiences of these men will interest anthropologists, but his examination of bisexuality and tourism as much-neglected factors in the HIV/AIDS epidemic makes this book essential to anyone concerned with health and sexuality in the Caribbean or beyond.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mark Padilla is assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mark Padilla, Padilla Mark
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.07.2007
• EAN: 9780226644356
• ISBN: 978-0-226-64435-6
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Worlds of desire; Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie > Theoretische Psychologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Dominican Republic, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, Tourism industry, Ethical issues and debates, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects