Sex and borders : gender, national identity, and prostitution policy in Thailand /

Sex and borders : gender, national identity, and prostitution policy in Thailand /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jeffrey, Leslie Ann, 1967-
Imprint:	Vancouver, B.C. : UBC Press, ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Prostitution -- Thailand -- History. Prostitution. Social conditions Thailand -- Social conditions. Thailand. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11144142

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Varying Form of Title:	Gender, national identity, and prostitution policy in Thailand
ISBN:	9780774850179 0774850175 1283330482 9781283330480 9786613330482 6613330485 0774808721 9780774808729 077480873X 9780774808736 0824826183 9780824826185
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	A compelling exploration of the complex relationship between Thai national identity and prostitution and gender.
Other form:	Print version: Jeffrey, Leslie Ann, 1967- Sex and borders. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2002

Table of Contents:

Gender, prostitution, and the "standards of civilization"
Peasants, prostitutes, and the body politic
Elite women, the re-construction of national identity, and the "prostitution problem"
Women's groups and the prostitution question
The politics of prostitution and the "new man"
The middle class and the material girl
The politics of prostitution.