Sex and Tourism : Journeys of Romance, Love, and Lust

ISBN-13: 9780789012036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 242 str.

Thomas G. Bauer

Opis

First-person and academic accounts explore the complex relationship between tourism and intimacy.

Spis treści

• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Preface
• Section I: The Setting
• Chapter 1. Conceptual Framework of the Nexus Between Tourism, Romance, and Sex
• Introduction
• Relationships Between Sex and Tourism
• The Centrality of Sex in the Tourism Experience
• The Encounter
• The Role of Tourism As Facilitator
• Conclusion
• Chapter 2. On Holiday in the Liminoid Playground: Place, Time, and Self in Tourism
• Introduction
• Place and Placelessness
• Sensing the Liminal/Liminoid
• Conclusion: The Importance of the Process of Traveling
• Section II: Romance on the Road
• Chapter 3. Island Girl (Lina M. Wong)
• Chapter 4. Romance, Retsina, and Reality in Crete
• Introduction
• Agia Galini, Crete
• Our Hosts
• Other Travelers
• Travel and the Single Woman
• Questions Raised and Some Conclusions
• Chapter 5. Transnational Marriage in Thailand: The Dynamics of Extreme Heterogamy
• Introduction
• Thai-Foreigner Intermarriage
• Prostitution and Transnational Marriage
• The Dynamics of Thai-Foreigner Marriages
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Section III: The Tourism Industry As Facilitator
• Chapter 6. Sex Tourism: An Accommodation Provider's Perspective
• Introduction
• Motels and Sex Tourism
• The “Hot Pillow” Trade
• The Motel Operator's Perspective
• Chapter 7. The Adventure in Adventure Travel
• Introduction
• Group Composition
• Trip Phases
• Chapter 8. Condoms in the First Aid Kit: River Guides, Clients, and Sex
• Chapter 9. Attraction of the Naughty-Gentleman's Clubs As a Tourism Resource
• Introduction
• The Tradition of Stripping
• Gentlemen's Clubs As Part of a Market's “Pull” Matrix
• Structuring the Performative Space
• Legal Action, Novelty, and Bourbon Street in the French Quarter
• Conclusion
• Section IV: The Dark Side
• Chapter 10. Former Comfort Women As Touristic Objects in South Korea
• Introduction
• Tourism and Human Sexuality
• Former Comfort Women and the History of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
• Conclusion
• Chapter 11. The Dark Side of Tourism and Sexuality: Trafficking of Nepali Girls for Indian Brothels (Nina Rao)
• Chapter 12. AIDS and Tourism: A Deadly Combination
• Introduction
• Tourism and HIV/AIDS
• Trends in Vietnamese Tourism
• Tourism and Prostitution
• Perceptions of Commercial Sex Workers
• Future Scenarios
• Conclusion
• Chapter 13. Sex Tourism: The Case of Cambodia
• Introduction
• Background
• The Sex Industry: Supply and Demand
• The Customers
• Impacts of Sex Tourism on Cambodia
• Conclusion
• Chapter 14. Ending Child Sex Tourism: A Vision for the Future
• Introduction
• Child Pornography and the Internet—The Globalization of Child Sex Tourism
• Tourism—A Catalyst for Change
• What Comes Next?
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Kaye Sung Chon, Thomas Bauer, Bob Mckercher