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Women and Sex Tourism Landscapes (Paperback)
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Women and Sex Tourism Landscapes (Paperback)
Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
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Sexual spaces, normally inhabited by (mostly) female sex workers,
are understood as masculine spaces, and positioned for and around
male consumers. However, red light zones and public sex
performances in both Thailand and Holland are being explored and
visually consumed by female tourists in significant numbers. Their
presence in red light districts and sexual venues is at odds with
the ways in which sexual spaces have normally been positioned.
Woman and Sex Tourism Landscapes explores female tourists'
interactions with highly sexualized spaces and places in two very
different contexts: the Netherlands and Thailand. Addressing this
incongruence, this text explores the ways in which these spaces are
constructed, and examines the different relations that govern the
management of, and female tourist interactions with these
liminal,sexual zones. Ethnographic data collected in both countries
suggests that far from being male-centred spaces, the red light
districts and associated sexual entertainment venues are very much
open to female tourists. Drawing on this research the author argues
that some women are indeed interested in exploring sexualized
zones, challenging assumptions about women's involvements with
sexual space. Thinking specifically about the visual nature of
women's sexualized experiences, the analysis draws on a range of
different theoretical understandings that address power, privilege,
and the gaze. An important contribution to a range of debates, this
book will appeal to students and researchers in tourism, geography,
sociology, gender studies and cultural theory.
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