Travels in the Skin Trade
Tourism and the Sex Industry
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.
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.
Jeremy Seabrook has been writing books for over half a century. His articles have been featured in the Guardian, The Times and the Independent. He has written plays for stage, TV and the theatre, some in collaboration with his close friend, Michael O’Neill. His many books include People Without History: India’s Muslim Ghettos and Cut Out: Living Without Welfare.
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
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
Published by Pluto Press in Apr 2001
Paperback ISBN: 9780745317564
eBook ISBN: 9781783716067
eBook ISBN: 9781783716067
135mm x 215mm