Book Description: Many foreign observers of the “Land of Smiles” are familiar with a narrow range of gender relations and sexual practices in Thailand, from the fanciful portrayal of 19th-century harem life in The King and I, to recent media coverage of sex tourism and AIDS. Yet serious study of patterns of sexuality, femininity, and … Read more
Book Description: In an era marked by atrocities perpetrated on a grand scale, the tragedy of the so-called comfort women—mostly Korean women forced into prostitution by the Japanese army—endures as one of the darkest events of World War II. These women have usually been labeled victims of a war crime, a simplistic view that makes … Read more
Book Description: The most vulnerable are being victimized. Gain insight from top experts on the methods and practices of the criminals behind this “human tragedy of monumental proportions.” Get current intelligence on trafficking tactics and trends in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa, plus get insider information directly from the traffickers. Specifically … Read more
Book Description: Singapore is an independent country – a small island at the south of Malaysia with a dense population of more than 4.5 million on 682 square km of land. Although most of the population is made up of Chinese, the administrative language is English. Most people in Singapore can at least converse in … Read more
Book Description: Commercial sex is the occupation of a significant portion of the women of the world, providing economic support for millions of people and their families. Working at the Bar is the first-ever, long-term, longitudinal, in-depth study of a large sex work industry—and Thailand, the most prominent nation in the rapidly growing sex tourism … Read more
Book Description: Sexual Culture among Young Migrant Muslims in Bangkok examines the dynamics of Islamic discourse on sexuality and young Thai Muslims’ interactions with modern urban Thai culture. Focusing on Ramkhamhaeng, a Muslim community in Bangkok, the study vividly illustrates young Thai Muslims’ struggles to reconcile their traditional religious beliefs with the surrounding manifestations of … Read more
Book Description: This is the first book to examine same-sex weddings and same-sex couple suicides in India today, discussing these phenomena both in the context of the international debate on gay marriage, and in the context of past and present Indian and Euro-American cultural representations of same-sex union.
Book Description: India has one of the highest numbers of HIV carriers in the world. HIV has remained associated with sex work, and large sums of money provided to fund public health interventions have come from global institutions such as UNAIDS, the World Bank and USAID. In the midst of these processes, however, sex workers … Read more
Book Description: You’ve met the perfect Thai woman. You’re dizzy with joy as her exotic world swirls around you. You’ve heard so many horror stories, but your heart tells you that she’s for real. You want to understand her mysterious ways, and you wish she could understand yours. Now, there’s help. Thailand Fever is an … Read more
Book Description: The queen of camp: Mae West, Sex and popular culture is a portrait of an outrageous career that set the stage for future groundbreaking performers. Combining elements of biography, cultural analysis, and social history, author Marybeth Hamilton unmasks Mae West through the story of her public persona and the process of theatrical experimentation, … Read more