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Author Padilla, Mark, 1969-

Title Caribbean pleasure industry : tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic / Mark Padilla
Published Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description xvii, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Series Worlds of desire
Worlds of desire.
Contents 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 -- Appendix: selected survey results
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sex tourism -- Dominican Republic.
AIDS (Disease) -- Dominican Republic.
Gender identity -- Dominican Republic.
LC no. 2006039087
ISBN 9780226644356 hardback
0226644359 hardback
9780226644363 paperback
0226644367 paperback
Other Titles Tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic