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Caribbean pleasure industry : tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Padilla, Mark, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Series:Worlds of desire.
Subjects:
Sex tourism > Dominican Republic.
AIDS (Disease) > Dominican Republic.
Gender identity > Dominican Republic.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Global sexual spaces and their hierarchies
  • "Me la busco" : looking for life in the Dominican pleasure industry
  • "Orgullo gay Dominicano": shifting cultural politics of sexual identity in Santo Domingo
  • Familial discretions : unveiling the other side of sex work
  • "Love," finance, and authenticity in gay sex tourism
  • AIDS, the "bisexual bridge," and the political economy of risk in the Dominican Republic
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: selected survey results.