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Modern Babylon? : prostituting children in Thailand / Heather Montgomery.
Van Pelt Library HQ242.55.A5 M66 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montgomery, Heather (Heather Kate)
- Series:
- Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 2.
- Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child prostitution--Thailand.
- Child prostitution.
- Sex industry--Thailand.
- Sex industry.
- Child abuse--Thailand.
- Child abuse.
- Child welfare--Thailand.
- Child welfare.
- Thailand--Social conditions.
- Thailand.
- Social conditions.
- Thailand--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 192 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2001.
- Contents:
- Child Prostitution and Anthropology 14
- 1. History and Context
- Myths and Stereotypes 21
- NGOs and the Discovery of Child Prostitution 29
- The Extent of the Problem 33
- History and Myth 40
- 2. Cultural Constructions of Childhood
- A History of Childhood in the West 53
- Childhood in Thailand 57
- What Constitutes a Good Childhood? 62
- Childhood and State Intervention 66
- 3. The Child Prostitutes of Baan Nua
- Data Collection 69
- Child Prostitution in Baan Nua 76
- Kinship and Reciprocity 82
- Reciprocity, Friends and Clients 86
- 4. Struggles and Contradictions
- Children as Social Agents 89
- Prostitution and its Alternatives 95
- The Life-Cycle of Prostitution 102
- 5. Identity and its Difficulties
- Status 107
- Sexuality and Identity 111
- Gender, Prostitution and Identity 123
- Social Identity 128
- 6. Protecting Innocence
- Innocence and Freedom 133
- Buying Innocence 139
- Maintaining Innocence 144.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-188) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1571813187
- 1571818294
- OCLC:
- 48092197
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