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Zusatztext "Effective and insightful." Informationen zum Autor Patty Kelly is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University. Klappentext “This exceptional book makes several key contributions to the field and shows how freedom and anxiety, and the market and morality, tensely coexist in the business of sex. . . . Kelly's analysis is conveyed through vivid portraits of the lives of sex workers, showing that the women involved are neither victims nor heroines but something else: actors caught between agency and constraint.”—Roger N. Lancaster, author of The Trouble with Nature “In this tour de force of feminist anthropology, Patty Kelly gives her heart to the remarkable women who toil in the bawdy sweatshops of the Zona Galactica, a 'reformed' red-light district in the Chiapas capital of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. In fact, as Kelly shows, it is just the ultimate low-wage industrial district.”—Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums and In Praise of Barbarians “The clarity of Kelly's perspective is neither apologetic, nor presumptive (as is usually the case); her focus is always on the political context of these women's lives. Patty Kelly writes like a poet and novelist, so much so that this work begs to be a movie.”—Carol Leigh, a.k.a. “Scarlot Harlot,” author of Unrepentant Whore Zusammenfassung Examines the lives of the women who work in the Zona Galactica, a state-run brothel in Chiapas' capital city. By delving into lives that would otherwise go unremarked, this book documents the modernization of the sex industry during the neoliberal era in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Map of Chiapas 1. Modern Sex in a Modern City 2. Hidden in Plain Sight: Street Prostitution 3. Inside the Galactic Zone: Regulating Sex! Regulating Women 4. Convergence: Panistas! Prostitutes! and Peasants 5. "It Began Innocently": Women of the Ambiente 6. Sellers and Buyers 7. The Secrets We Keep: Sex! Work! Stigma 8. Final Thoughts: Understanding! Imagining Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index ...
