ISBN: 9780415914291

In Thailand, a $4 billion per year tourist industry is the linchpin of the modernization process called the Thai Economic Miracle . And what is Thailand's main attraction? Sex for hire. Year after year young women are lured to Bangkok to staff the teeming brothels, massage parlors, and sex bars that cater to male tourists from the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, the Gulf States, Malaysia, and Singapore.Developed from Lillian S. Robinson's article in The Nation, Night Market traces the historical, cultural, material, and textual traditions that have combined in unique ways to establish sex tourism as an integral part of the developing Thai economy. It explores international sex tourism from the perspectives of economic-development planning, forced labor market choices, international sexual alienation, and textual traditions that have constructed sexual Other cultures in Western imagination.; Business, Finance & Law, Routledge

ISBN: 9780415914291

In Thailand, a $4 billion per year tourist industry is the linchpin of the modernization process called the "Thai Economic Miracle". And what is Thailand''s main attraction? Sex for hire. Year after year young women are lured to Bangkok to staff the teeming brothels, massage parlors, and sex bars that cater to male tourists from the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, the Gulf States, Malaysia, and Singapore.Developed from Lillian S. Robinson''s article inThe Nation,Night Markettraces the historical, cultural, material, and textual traditions that have combined in unique ways to establish sex tourism as an integral part of the developing Thai economy. It explores international sex tourism from the perspectives of economic-development planning, forced labor market choices, international sexual alienation, and textual traditions that have constructed sexual "Other" cultures in Western imagination. Books List_Books, [PU: Routledge]

ISBN: 9780415914291

In Thailand, a $4 billion per year tourist industry is the linchpin of the modernization process called the "Thai Economic Miracle". And what is Thailand's main attraction? Sex for hire. Year after year, young women are lured to Bangkok to staff the teeming brothels that cater to male tourists from the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, the Gulf States, Malaysia, and Singapore. Ryan Bishop and Lillian Robinson show in compelling detail how this "miracle" is being paid for with women's lives. Media > Book, [PU: Routledge]

1997, ISBN: 9780415914291

Paperback

Contributor: Robinson, Lillian S. Routledge, Paperback, Auflage: 1, 290 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-12-18T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.39 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2492212, Economic Policy & Development, Economics, Business, Finance & Law, Subjects, Books, International Economics, Academic Sociology, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Political Science & Ideology, Government & Politics, Ethical Issues, Social Issues, Vocational, School Books, Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Industries, Business & Finance, University Textbooks, Routledge, 1997

1997, ISBN: 0415914299

[EAN: 9780415914291], Neubuch, [PU: Routledge 1997-12-18]