| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 214 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
The modern anthropology of Southeast Asia |
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Modern anthropology of South-East Asia.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Professional girlfriends and transactional sex; 2 Methods, ethics and intimate ethnography; 3 Sex, work and agency; 4 Politics, history and the sexual landscape; 5 Sexuality, subculture and alternative kinship; 6 Constructions of love and the materiality of everyday sex; 7 Moving beyond sex work; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Dealing with the complex and discomforting 'grey 'area where sex, love and money collide, this book highlights the general materiality of everyday sex that takes place in all relationships. In doing so, it draws attention to and destigmatizes the transactional elements within many 'normative' partnerships - be they transnational, inter-ethnic or otherwise. Focusing on Cambodia, and on a subculture of young women employed in the tourist bar scene referred to as 'professional girlfriends', the book shows that the resulting transnational relationships between Cambodian women and t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- Cambodia
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Sex customs -- Cambodia
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Interpersonal relations -- Cambodia
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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Interpersonal relations
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Manners and customs
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Prostitution
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Sex customs
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| SUBJECT |
Cambodia -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Cambodia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317931232 |
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1317931238 |
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1299716385 |
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9781299716384 |
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9781317931249 |
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1317931246 |
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