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Travels in the Skin Trade Jeremy Seabrook

Travels in the Skin Trade By Jeremy Seabrook

Travels in the Skin Trade by Jeremy Seabrook


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The story the sex industry in the Global South

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Travels in the Skin Trade: Tourism and the Sex Industry by Jeremy Seabrook

Through the words of sex workers and their clients, Jeremy Seabrook reconsiders the popular conception of sex tourism in Asia. Through its examination of the many paradoxes surrounding this controversial subject, Travels in the Skin Trade also sheds new light on the wider and problematic relationship between the North and the South.

Press coverage of the sex trade routinely consists of ill-informed, moralising and sensationalist denunciations of the 'industry'. Through the words of sex workers and their clients, Seabrook reconsiders the popular conception of the sex industry and explores the complex relationship between sex and tourism. In so doing he presents an objective, sensitive view of the industry.

Through its examination of the many paradoxes surrounding this controversial subject, Travels in the Skin Trade also sheds new light on the wider and problematic relationship between the North and the South.

Travels in the Skin Trade Reviews

"'Jeremy Seabrook is one of England's most imaginative and creative writers, with a preacher's talent for prophesy and a capacity for righteous indignation reminiscent of George Orwell.' Richard Gott, The Guardian 'It raises questions about the rights of Thai women and children and the expectations of the men who travel to the country for this service. Finally it encourages a more wide-reaching understanding of basic human rights and considers the problematic relationship between North and South.' Oxfam Review of Journals"

About Jeremy Seabrook

Jeremy Seabrook is a journalist and writer. He has written for the New Statesman, Guardian, Times and Independent. He writes plays for stage and TV and is the author of numerous books including Pauperland (Hurst, 2013), The Song of the Shirt (Hurst, 2015) and Cut Out (Pluto, 2016).

Table of Contents

Preface to New Edition
Introduction
1. Sex as Industry
2. The Environment of the Sex Trade
3. Male Visitors to Bangkok
4. The Sex Industry: Economic and Social Base
5. The Sex Industry: Supply
6. Stories from a Sex Industry
7. The Sex Industry Becomes the Aids Industry
8. The Sex Market and Human Rights
9. Children's Rights in Thailand
Conclusion
Appendix: Useful Contacts
Index

Additional information

CIN0745317561G
9780745317564
0745317561
Travels in the Skin Trade: Tourism and the Sex Industry by Jeremy Seabrook
Used - Good
Paperback
Pluto Press
2001-04-20
192
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