Caribbean Pleasure Industry Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic

Name: Caribbean Pleasure Industry Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic
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ISBN: 9780226644363

ISBN-10: 0226644367

ISBN-13: 9780226644363

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mark Padilla

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In recent years, the economy of the Caribbean has become almost completely dependent on international tourism. And today one of the chief ways that foreign visitors there seek pleasure is through prostitution. While much has been written on the female sex workers who service these tourists,Caribbean Pleasure Industryshifts the focus onto the men. Drawing on his groundbreaking ethnographic research in the Dominican Republic, Mark Padilla discovers a complex world where the global political and economic impact of tourism has led to shifting sexual identities, growing economic pressures, and new challenges for HIV prevention. In fluid prose, Padilla analyzes men who have sex with male…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.91" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Global Sexual Spaces and Their Hierarchies



"Me La Busco": Looking for Life in the Dominican Pleasure Industry



"Orgullo Gay Dominicano": Shifting Cultural Politics of Sexual Identity in Santo Domingo



Familial Discretions: Unveiling the Other Side of Sex Work



"Love," Finance, and Authenticity in Gay Sex Tourism



AIDS, the "Bisexual Bridge," and the Political Economy of Risk in the Dominican Republic


Conclusion



Selected Survey Results


Notes


Bibliography


Index