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Women and sex work in Cambodia : blood, sweat and tears / Larissa Sandy.
Van Pelt Library HQ242.3.A5 S26 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sandy, Larissa, author.
- Series:
- ASAA women in Asia series
- Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitution--Cambodia.
- Prostitution.
- Prostitutes--Cambodia--Social conditions.
- Prostitutes.
- Prostitutes--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Cambodia.
- Physical Description:
- 140 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2014.
- Summary:
- "Prostitution is strongly embedded in local cultural practices in Cambodia. Based on extensive original research, this book explores the nature of prostitution in Cambodia, providing explanations of why the phenomenon is so widely tolerated"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Filles malades : sex work in French Cambodia, 1863-1953
- Sihanouk's thesis A and B : sex work in post-independence Cambodia
- The social and cultural context of sex work
- Just choices : the moral and political economies of sex work
- Core transmitter/sex slave : ten years of regulating sex work (1998-2008)
- Conclusion : blood, sweat and tears.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415681599
- 0415681596
- OCLC:
- 870147699
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