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Night Market: Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle

by Ryan Bishop, Lillian S. Robinson
$8.90
Night Market: Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle
Night Market: Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle

Thai sex industry's role in economic growth.

If you're intrigued by the intersection of economics and social issues, "Night Market" offers a revealing look at the less-discussed underpinnings of Thailand's economic boom. The book doesn't just throw numbers at you; it humanizes the stark realities of the sex trade, threading together cultural narratives with the harsh economy that entangles so many lives. It provides a grounded and gritty understanding of how marketplace demand for illicit pleasures feeds into larger economic narratives, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in the complexities of Southeast Asian socio-economics.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Night Market: Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle

by Ryan Bishop, Lillian S. Robinson
$8.90
ISBN: 9780415914291
Authors: Ryan Bishop, Lillian S. Robinson
Publisher: Routledge
Date of Publication: 1997-12-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Economics, Politics, Sociology
Related Topics: Gender, Sociology, Social Issues, History, Economics, Politics, Society
Goodreads rating: 3.47
(rated by 17 readers)

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In Thailand, a $4 billion per year tourist industry is the linchpin of the modernization process called the "Thai Economic Miracle". And what is Thailand's main attraction? Sex for hire. Year after year young women are lured to Bangkok to staff the teeming brothels, massage parlors, and sex bars that cater to male tourists from the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, the Gulf States, Malaysia, and Singapore. Developed from Lillian S. Robinson's article in The Nation, Night Market traces the historical, cultural, material, and textual traditions that have combined in unique ways to establish sex tourism as an integral part of the developing Thai economy. It explores international sex tourism from the perspectives of economic-development planning, forced labor market choices, international sexual alienation, and textual traditions that have constructed sexual "Other" cultures in Western imagination.
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Thai sex industry's role in economic growth.

If you're intrigued by the intersection of economics and social issues, "Night Market" offers a revealing look at the less-discussed underpinnings of Thailand's economic boom. The book doesn't just throw numbers at you; it humanizes the stark realities of the sex trade, threading together cultural narratives with the harsh economy that entangles so many lives. It provides a grounded and gritty understanding of how marketplace demand for illicit pleasures feeds into larger economic narratives, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in the complexities of Southeast Asian socio-economics.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.