Caribbean pleasure industry : tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic /

Padilla, Mark, 1969-.

Caribbean pleasure industry : tourism, sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic / Mark Padilla. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007. - xvii, 294 p. : ill. - Worlds of desire .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global sexual spaces and their hierarchies -- "Me la busco" : looking for life in the Dominican pleasure industry -- shifting cultural politics of sexual identity in Santo Domingo / "Orgullo gay dominicano" -- Familial discretions : unveiling the other side of sex work -- "Love," finance, and authenticity in gay sex tourism -- AIDS, the "bisexual bridge," and the political economy of risk in the Dominican Republic -- Conclusion -- selected survey results / Appendix.

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Sex tourism--Dominican Republic.
AIDS (Disease)--Dominican Republic.
Gender identity--Dominican Republic.

118 HQ 162.5 / P123c 2007

306.76