Modern Babylon?

Prostituting Children in Thailand

AvHeather Montgomery

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Child prostitution became one of the key concerns of the international community in the 1990s. World congresses were held, international and national laws were changed and concern over "commercially sexually exploited children" rose dramatically. Rarely, however, were the children who worked as prostitutes consulted or questioned in this process, and the voices of these children brought into focus. This book is the first to address the children directly, to examine their daily lives, their motivations and their perceptions of what they do. Based on 15 months of fieldwork in a Thai tourist community that survived through child prostitution, this book draws on anthropological theories on childhood and kinship to contextualise the experiences of this group of Thai child prostitutes and to contrast these with the stereotypes held of them by those outside their community.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-12-01
Mått:216 x 230 x 14 mm
Vikt:276 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN:9781571813183

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Heather Montgomery is a member of the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group and a British Academy Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford. She has recently been appointed Lecturer in Child Studies at the Open University.

Recensioner i media

“... an admirable pioneering study ... [which] paints a dynamic and often horrific picture of the workings of child prostitution.” · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute"This study is very instructive and deserves to be consulted by specialists of Thailand but also by a wider readership that is interested in the different notions of sexuality and various forms of prostitutions." · Comptes Rendus

Innehållsförteckning

List of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroductionA Personal ViewChild Prostitution and AnthropologyChapter 1. History and ContextMyths and StereotypesNGOs and the Discovery of Child ProstitutionThe Extent of the ProblemHistory and MythChapter 2. Cultural Constructions of ChildhoodA History of Childhood in the WestChildhood in ThailandWhat Constitutes a Good Childhood?Childhood and State InterventionChapter 3. The Child Prostitutes of Baan NuaData CollectionChild Prostitution in Baan NuaKinship and ReciprocityReciprocity, Friends and ClientsChapter 4. Struggles and ContradictionsChildren as Social AgentsProstitution and its AlternativesThe Life-Cycle of ProstitutionChapter 5. Identity and its DifficultiesStatusSexuality and IdentityGender, Prostitution and IdentitySocial IdentityChapter 6. Protecting InnocenceInnocence and FreedomBuying InnocenceMaintaining InnocenceChapter 7. ConclusionBibliographyIndex