Transnational Prostitution: Changing Patterns in a Global Context

Type

Book

Authors

Susanne Thorbek

Bandana Pattanaik

ISBN 10

1842770314

ISBN 13

9781842770313

Tags

Sexuality, Social Sciences, Women's Studies, Sociology

Description

This new collection of empirical investigations shows how patterns of prostitution in today's world are radically changing. Western affluence, deepening poverty in many Third World villages, the cheapness of international travel, cultural shifts in attitudes to extra-marital sex, and the Internet are all making an impact. The volume includes personal testimony alongside its empirical information and sociological investigation. It stresses the importance of looking at all three sets of actors involved -- the prostitutes themselves, clients, and the pimps and international traffickers -- to provide an up-to-date portrait of prostitution today. - from Amzon

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