Format:
Online-Ressource (296 p.)
ISBN:
9780520255364
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Map of Chiapas; Introduction; 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;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520941618
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520255364
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lydia's Open Door : Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
