Love in the drug war : selling sex and finding Jesus on the Mexico-US border / Sarah Luna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luna, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution--Mexico--Reynosa (Tamaulipas).

Prostitution.

Church work with prostitutes--Mexico--Reynosa (Tamaulipas).

Church work with prostitutes.

Sex industry--Mexico--Reynosa (Tamaulipas).

Sex industry.

Religion and culture--Mexico--Reynosa (Tamaulipas).

Religion and culture.

Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Social conditions.

Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This book looks at sex workers in "la zona," a walled area within Reynosa (the Mexican side of the border), and the missionaries who came to Reynosa to "rescue" them. The relationship between the sex workers and the missionaries intensified and became more complex as the drug war in Reynosa escalated in 2008-2009. The author sees the border as a place that creates value for both groups, rather than being solely a barrier, and indicates that both groups chose to migrate there for the sex industry. The gendered obligations between sex workers and missionaries, sex workers and their families, missionary workers and God, and sex workers and drug cartels all feed into her analysis of "value," which leads to interesting discussions of non-sovereignty (the interconnectedness we all have but can't necessarily control), among other theoretical concepts."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I DRUG WORK AND SEX WORK IN REYNOSA

CHAPTER 1 Dinero Fácil: The Gendered Moral Economies of Drug Work and Sex Work

CHAPTER 2 Rumors of Violence and Feelings of Vulnerability

PART II THE INTIMATE AND ECONOMIC OBLIGATIONS OF SEX WORKERS

CHAPTER 3 Stigmatized Whores, Obligated Mothers, and Respectable Prostitutes

CHAPTER 4 "Sometimes We, as Mothers, Are to Blame": Drug-Addicted Sex Workers and the Politics of Blame

PART III MISSIONARY PROJECTS IN BOYSTOWN

CHAPTER 5 The Love Triad between Sex Workers, Missionaries, and God

CHAPTER 6 Love and Conflict in Sex Worker/ Missionary Relationships

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-2051-2

OCLC:

1150173350