Sex tourism in Bahia : ambiguous entanglements / Erica Lorraine Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Erica Lorraine.

Series:

National women's studies association/university of Illinois press first book prize

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Brazil--Bahia (State).

Tourism.

Brazil--Social life and customs.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This pioneering study treats sex tourism as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that involves a range of activities and erotic connections, from sex work to romantic transnational relationships.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. Geographies of Blackness""; ""Chapter 2. Racial Hierarchies of Desire and the Specter of Sex Tourism""; ""Chapter 3. Working-Class Kings in Paradise""; ""Chapter 4. Tourist Tales and Erotic Adventures""; ""Chapter 5. Aprosba""; ""Chapter 6. Se Valorizando (Valuing Oneself)""; ""Chapter 7. Moral Panics""; ""Conclusion. The Specter of Sex Tourism in a Globalized World""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013).

ISBN:

9780252095191

0252095197

OCLC:

867741984