The State of Sex is a study of Nevada's brothels that situates
the nation's only legal brothel industry in the political economy
of contemporary tourism. Nevada is part of the "new American
heartland," as its pastimes, people, and politics have become more
central to the nation. The rise of a service and leisure economy
over the past sixty years has propelled sexuality into the heart of
contemporary markets. Yet, neoliberal laws in the United States
promote business but limit sexual commerce.
How have Nevada's legal brothels survived, while the rest of the
country criminalizes prostitution? How do brothels operate? Who
works in them? This book brings social theory on globalizing
economies, politics, leisure consumption, and emotional labor in
interactive service work together with research on contemporary
prostitution and sexual commerce. The authors employ an innovative,
multi-method sociological approach, combining historical analysis
of how the brothels came to be with over a decade's worth of
ethnographic research on the current state of the industry.
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