Mongers in Heaven Sexual Tourism and HIV Risk in Costa Rica and in the United States

Name: Mongers in Heaven Sexual Tourism and HIV Risk in Costa Rica and in the United States
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ISBN: 9780761835974

ISBN-10: 0761835970

ISBN-13: 9780761835974

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jacobo Schifter-Sikora

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Book details

List price: $50.99
Publisher: University Press of America, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 5.85" wide x 9.15" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.704



Methodology


Information-gathering and Illegality


The Surveys


Focus-groups Discussions


In-Depth Interviews


Ethnographic Observation


2004 RAP


Quotes


Background


Sexual Culture


US-Costa Rican Relations


Is Costa Rica a New Thailand?


Sex or Going Fishing?


Sex Workers Who Cater to Tourists


Sex Tourists


Origins and Characteristics


Self-definition


How do Mongers Negotiate With Sex Workers?


The Sex Worker


Social Status


HIV in the Caribbean and Central America


The Costa Rican Epidemic


Sex Workers


Sexual Practices


Condom Use


The Women


Condoms in Trash Cans


Machismo and Feminism


Tradition versus Modernity


Liminal


Latin Women versus American Women


Lying and Simulation


The Female Perspective


Sex Work Becomes Complicated


Girlfriend Fantasy Experience


Second Houses


Ethics


HIV


Female Condom


English for Sex Work


Ms. Safe: Interactive Software


A Sex Worker's Website, Paper and Guardian Angel Program


Nocturna: A Sex Worker's Magazine


Guardian Angel Program


Non-Mandatory HIV Testing


Epilogue


Annex, Charts, Graphics and Diagrams


Index


About the author