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Murray examines sex work and sexuality as they exist in diverse urban subcultures of Southeast Asia. She considers changing sexualities, street prostitutes, global gay styles, lesbian communities, and responses to the AIDS crisis.

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Author:   Alison Murray
Publisher:   Monash Asia Institute
Imprint:   Monash Asia Institute
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781876924010

ISBN 10:   1876924012
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   15 June 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Pre-text Sex work, research & power; Outline Theoretical bases & spaces Sexual subcultures Globalising sexualities & identity politics; Global restructuring & sex worker identities AIDS discourses Identity politics, subculture & space Thai sex workers in Sydney; Arriving in Sydney Background of Thai workers Working conditions & health Clients & the sex industry hierarchy Dying for a fuck: AIDS in Indonesia; Sexuality & sex work in the regime of truth The invention of AIDS in Indonesia New emerging sexualities Living safely: owning the AIDS issue Summary Let them take ecstasy: Class & Jakarta lesbians; Sex, class & discourse Western labels & Jakarta juices Where are the lesbians in gay Jakarta? Global gay style & mutual incomprehension Style & subculture: sex, drugs & HIV New emerging sexualities & the Islamic backlash Power & multiple identities Images of sex work in Asia Bondage & imagined bodies; Stereotyping & sex tourism Child prostitution Local sex industries Like hamburgers & catsup Free or forced prostitution? Imagined bodies & identities Debt bondage & trafficking (don't believe the hype); Defining trafficking A modern form of slavery Labour migration or erotic-pathetic servitude Beijing Summary AIDS discourses & practices Peers & queers -- Part 1: SWOP, Sydney; How to be a risk group Queers & other peers Peer educators in a paradox Peers & queers -- Part 2: Southeast Asia; Going overboard with the peer model Commercial sex in a hot climate Minding your peers & queers -- conclusions; Conclusion: Can the sex worker speak?; Human rights for sex workers Life's a beach: Ruling the margins Beyond AIDS Asia-Pacific networking Functional conflict as best practice; Definitions used by sex-worker organsiations Declaration of Asia-Pacific network of sex workers; Glossary; Bibliography.

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