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Introduction: Imperialism, Ambivalence, Sex

  • Leslie Barnes
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Sex Work in Southeast Asia
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Figures vi
  4. Acknowledgements vii
  5. Introduction: Imperialism, Ambivalence, Sex 1
  6. 1. ‘Why my story?’: Sex Work and Rithy Panh’s Cinematic Image 33
  7. 2. Survivors, Celebrities and Saviours in the Cambodian Rescue Industry 65
  8. 3. Of Markets and Mediocrity: Sex Tourism and Michel Houellebecq’s Neocolonial Antihero 112
  9. 4. Kiều Refracted: Sex Work and the Evolution of a Vietnamese Heroine 145
  10. 5. Vietnamese Brides: Marriage, Migration and the Body 179
  11. Conclusion: Dispassionate Reading 207
  12. Works Cited 210
  13. Index 237
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399532907-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Figures vi
  4. Acknowledgements vii
  5. Introduction: Imperialism, Ambivalence, Sex 1
  6. 1. ‘Why my story?’: Sex Work and Rithy Panh’s Cinematic Image 33
  7. 2. Survivors, Celebrities and Saviours in the Cambodian Rescue Industry 65
  8. 3. Of Markets and Mediocrity: Sex Tourism and Michel Houellebecq’s Neocolonial Antihero 112
  9. 4. Kiều Refracted: Sex Work and the Evolution of a Vietnamese Heroine 145
  10. 5. Vietnamese Brides: Marriage, Migration and the Body 179
  11. Conclusion: Dispassionate Reading 207
  12. Works Cited 210
  13. Index 237
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