Gringo Gulch
Sex, Tourism, and Social Mobility in Costa Rica
- Contents
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Introduction
1. The Commerce of Sex in Costa Rica
Part I. Sex, Class, and Consumption
2. Almighty Gringos and the Relational Economy of Sex Tourism
3. Selling Sex, Selling Care: Affective Labor in the Tourism Sector
4. Motherhood, Consumption, and the Purchase of Respectability
Part II. Regulating Sex in the Age of Neoliberalism
5. The State and the Sex Industry
6. Good for the State, Bad for the Nation: Race, Space, and Migration
Conclusion: Getting Ahead in Gringo Gulch
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index
Geography: Cultural and Historical Geography
Sociology: Occupations, Professions, Work
Travel and Tourism: Tourism and History
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