Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic
ISBN-13:
9781592137497
ISBN-10:
1592137490
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Amalia L. Cabezas
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Format:
Hardcover
232 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781592137497
ISBN-10:
1592137490
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Amalia L. Cabezas
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Format:
Hardcover
232 pages
Summary
Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic (ISBN-13: 9781592137497 and ISBN-10: 1592137490), written by authors
Amalia L. Cabezas, was published by Temple University Press in 2009.
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Description
Is a native-born tour guide who has sex with tourists—in exchange for dinner or gifts or cash—merely a prostitute or gigolo? What if the tourist continues to send gifts or money to the tour guide after returning home? As this original and provocative book demonstrates, when it comes to sex—and the effects of capitalism and globalization—nothing is as simple as it might seem.Based on ten years of research, Economies of Desire is the first ethnographic study to examine the erotic underpinnings of transnational tourism. It offers startling insights into the commingling of sex, intimacy, and market forces in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, two nations where tourism has had widespread effects. In her multi-layered analyses, Amalia Cabezas reconceptualizes our understandings of informal economies (particularly “affective economies”), “sex workers,” and “sexual tourism,” and she helps us appreciate how money, sex and love are intertwined within the structure of globalizing capitalism.
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