ISBN:
0520941616
,
9780520941618
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxii, 270 p.)
,
ill., map.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Lydia's open door
DDC:
306.742097275
Keywords:
Prostitutes Mexico
;
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
;
Prostitution Mexico
;
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
;
Mexico
;
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
;
Prostitutes
;
Prostitution
;
Prostitution
;
Prostitutes
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Human Sexuality
;
SELF-HELP ; Sexual Instruction
;
Prostitutes
;
Prostitution
;
Gender Studies & Sexuality
;
Gender & Ethnic Studies
;
Social Sciences
;
Mexico ; Tuxtla Gutiérrez
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this groundbreaking ethnographic study, Patty Kelly examines the lives of the women who work in the Zona Galactica, a state-run brothel in Chiapas' capital city. By delving into lives that would otherwise go unremarked, Kelly documents the modernization of the sex industry during the neoliberal era in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez and illustrates how state-regulated sex became part of a broader effort by government officials to bring modernity to Chiapas, one of Mexico's poorest and most conflicted states. Kelly's innovative approach locates prostitution in a political-economic context by treating it as work. Most valuably, she conveys her analysis through vivid portraits of the lives of the sex workers themselves and shows how the women involved are neither victims nor heroines
Abstract:
Modern sex in a modern city -- Hidden in plain sight: street prostitution -- Inside the Galactic Zone: regulating sex, regulating women -- Convergence: Panistas, prostitutes, and peasants -- "It began innocently": women of the ambiente -- Sellers and buyers -- The secrets we keep: sex, work, stigma -- Final thoughts.
Description / Table of Contents:
Modern sex in a modern cityHidden in plain sight: street prostitution -- Inside the Galactic Zone: regulating sex, regulating women -- Convergence: Panistas, prostitutes, and peasants -- "It began innocently": women of the ambiente -- Sellers and buyers -- The secrets we keep: sex, work, stigma -- Final thoughts.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-253) and index. - Description based on print version record
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