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Working at the bar : sex work and health communication in Thailand / Thomas M. Steinfatt.
Van Pelt Library HQ242.55.A5 S78 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinfatt, Thomas M., 1941-
- Series:
- Civic discourse for the third millennium
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex industry--Thailand.
- Sex industry.
- Communication in medicine--Thailand.
- Communication in medicine.
- Thailand.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Sex work and health communication in Thailand
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Ablex Pub., 2002.
- Summary:
- Provides a detailed empirical study of sex work in Thailand, and considers its effect on sex workers, the economy, and Thai society.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. On Studying Sex Work 1
- Chapter 2. Numbers and Types of Workers and Workplaces 17
- Chapter 3. The Routes to Bar Work 47
- Chapter 4. Reasons for Not Working 61
- Chapter 5. Moral and Religious Concerns 85
- Chapter 6. Bar Worker Demographics 101
- Chapter 7. Employment Statistics 127
- Chapter 8. Partner Selection and Negotiations 163
- Chapter 9. AIDS in Thailand 185
- Chapter 10. Condom Use and Health Communication in Foreign-Oriented Bars 237
- Chapter 11. Hopes, Dreams, and the Future 249
- Chapter 12. Support Staff, Management, and Owners 275
- Chapter 13. Customer Motivation and Behavior 303
- Chapter 14. Policy on Sex Work 341.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-423) and index.
- ISBN:
- 156750566X
- 1567505678
- OCLC:
- 47623961
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