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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Chris Ryan; Colin Michael Hall |
| ISBN: | 0415195098 9780415195096 0415195101 9780415195102 |
| OCLC Number: | 44885270 |
| Description: | xviii, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Holidays, sex and identity: a history of social development -- 2. Tourism and prostitution: a symbiotic relationship -- 3. Paradigms of sex tourism -- 4. Bodies, identity, self-fulfilment and self-denial -- 5. Bodies on the margin: gay and lesbian tourism -- 6. Sexual slavery: trafficking sex -- 7. The role of the state: regulating sex and travel -- 8. Afterword. |
| Responsibility: | Chris Ryan and C. Michael Hall. |
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Abstract:
Sex Tourism examines the issues which emerge from sex worker-client interactions and from tourists visiting 'sex destinations'. It is a comprehensive summary of past research by academics and original research by the authors.
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'A valuable contribution to the literature because it brings together a disparate body of research into one volume under a single theoretical context It is a positive step toward the development of a more critical perspective on the construction of sex tourism.' - Vincent J. Del Casino Jr, California State University for Cultural Geographies<br><br>'Sex Tourism is to be hugely welcomed as an addition to the tourism sociology literature ... an excellent study, which is scholarly, yet accessible, and will undoubtedly become essential reading for researchers.' - International Journal of Tourism Research Read more...
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