Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic

Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic

by Amalia L. Cabezas
ISBN-10:
1592137504
ISBN-13:
9781592137503
Pub. Date:
04/15/2009
Publisher:
Temple University Press
ISBN-10:
1592137504
ISBN-13:
9781592137503
Pub. Date:
04/15/2009
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic

Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic

by Amalia L. Cabezas
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ISBN-13: 9781592137503
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 04/15/2009
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Amalia L. Cabezas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Women's Studies at the University of California, Riverside and co-editor of The Wages of Empire: Neoliberal Policies, Repression and Women's Poverty.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 
Introduction: Affective Economies of Sexualized Tourism 
1. Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic 
2. Neoliberal Times in Cuba and the Dominican Republic 
3. Eroticizing Labor in All-Inclusive Resorts 
4. Daughters of Yemayá and Other Luchadoras 
5. Tourism, Sex Work, and the Discourse of Human Rights 
Epilogue 
Notes 
References 
Index

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