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This volume explores the connections between the global economy and sex work, focusing on the experiences and views of women, men, and children who sell sex.
List of contents
Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Continuities and Change: Five Centuries of Prositution in the Caribbean Part 3 Tourism, Globalization and "The Exotic" Chapter 4 Fantasy Islands: Exploring the Demand for Sex Tourism Chapter 5 Globalization, Tourism and the International Sex Trade Chapter 6 Back to the Future? Women, Race, and Tourism in Cuba Part 7 The Hustle and Struggle Sector Chapter 8 Women's Work is Never Done: Sex Tourism in Sosúa, the Dominican Republic Chapter 9 "Come to Jamaica and Feel All Right": Tourism and the Sex Trade Chapter 10 Bleak Pasts, Bleak Futures: Life Paths of Thirteen Young Prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia Chapter 11 Tourism-Oriented Prostitution in Barbados: The Case of the Beach Boy and the White Female Tourist Chapter 12 Tourism and the Sex Trade in St. Maarten and Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles Chapter 13 The Muchachas of Orange Walk Town, Belize Chapter 14 Sex and Gold: Exploring the Link Between Small-Scale Gold Mining and the Commercial Sex in the Rainforest of Suriname Part 15 Strategies for the Twenty-First Century Chapter 16 "Givin' Lil Bit Fuh Lil Bit": Sex Work and Sex Workers in Guyana Chapter 17 For the Children: International Policies and Law on Sex Tourism Chapter 18 A Human Rights Perspective on the Sex Trade in the Caribbean and Beyond Chapter 19 Bibliography
About the author
Kamala Kempadoo is a sociologist and assistant professor of women's studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder. She directed a regional Caribbean research project on tourism and the sex trade, and is editor of Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance and Redefinition.
Summary
This volume explores the connections between the global economy and sex work, focusing on the experiences and views of women, men, and children who sell sex.
