Policing Pleasure: Sex Work, Policy, and the State in Global Perspective

by Patty Kelly and Susan Dewey

Book Overview

M nica waits in the Anti-Venereal Medical Service of the Zona Galactica, the legal, state-run brothel where she works in Tuxtla Guti rrez, Mexico. Surrounded by other sex workers, she clutches the Sanitary Control Cards that deem her registered with the city, disease-free, and able to work. On the other side of the world, Min stands singing karaoke with one of her regular clients, warily eyeing the door lest a raid by the anti-trafficking Public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814785093
• ISBN13: 9780814785096
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"