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Author Brennan, Denise, 1964-

Title What's love got to do with it? : transnational desires and sex tourism in the Dominican Republic / Denise Brennan.

Imprint Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.74 B838W    Check Shelf
Description xii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series Latin America otherwise
Latin America otherwise.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-272) and index.
Contents Introduction : Elena and Jurgen -- I. The town -- 1. Sosua : a transnational town -- 2. Imagining and experiencing Sosua -- II. The transnational plan : looking beyond Dominican borders -- 3. Performing love -- III. The sex trade -- 4. Sosua's sex workers : their families and working lives -- 5. Advancement strategies in Sosua's sex trade -- IV. Plan accomplished : getting beyond Dominican borders -- 6. Transnational disappointments : living in Europe -- Conclusion : changes in sex workers' lives, Sosua, and its sex trade.
Summary Denise Brennan presents a detailed & perceptive account of the sex trade in Sosúa, on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. She discusses the desires & ambitions that motivate both clients & prostitutes in this social interface between the West & the Third World.
Subject Sex tourism -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa.
Prostitution -- Dominican Republic.
71.67 sexuality as a social problem. (NL-LeOCL)077597419
Prostitution. (OCoLC)fst01079562
Sex tourism. (OCoLC)fst01114667
Dominican Republic. (OCoLC)fst01206148
Dominican Republic -- Sosúa. (OCoLC)fst01215703
Prostitution. (NL-LeOCL)078637910
Sex tourism. (NL-LeOCL)135766753
Racial discrimination. (NL-LeOCL)078643481
Dominican republic. (NL-LeOCL)07848782X
Tourisme sexuel.
Prostitution.
Dominican Republic.
Sosua (République dominicaine)
Other Form: Online version: Brennan, Denise, 1964- What's love got to do with it? Durham : Duke University Press, 2004 (OCoLC)651992073
ISBN 0822332590 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822332596 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822332973 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780822332978 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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