Thai Migrant Sexworkers

Exploring sexwork and trafficking in a globalized culture and economy, this book offers a critique of increasingly stringent policing worldwide following the UN protocol against trafficking in persons. It highlights the grey area between sex work and trafficking and draws on the themes of gender, migration and deviance.

Autorentext
KAROU AOYAMA is Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Letters of Kyoto University, Japan. Specializing in issues of gender and sexuality, sexwork, trans-border migration and social inclusion/exclusion, she is currently researching Thai returnee migrants and migrant sexworkers in Japan.

Inhalt
List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements List of Acronyms and Key Thai and Japanese Terms Introduction Modernisation, Gender and Globalization: Situating the Migrations of Thai Sexworkers Before Becoming Sex Workers Becoming Sex Workers, Being Sex Workers Becoming Ex-Sexworkers Conclusion Bibliography