Lydia's Open Door - Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel (Paperback)

"This exceptional book makes several key contributions to the field and shows how freedom and anxiety, and the market and morality, tensely coexist in the business of sex. . . . Kelly's analysis is conveyed through vivid portraits of the lives of sex workers, showing that the women involved are neither victims nor heroines but something else: actors caught between agency and constraint."--Roger N. Lancaster, author of "The Trouble with Nature"
"In this tour de force of feminist anthropology, Patty Kelly gives her heart to the remarkable women who toil in the bawdy sweatshops of the Zona Galactica, a 'reformed' red-light district in the Chiapas capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez. In fact, as Kelly shows, it is just the ultimate low-wage industrial district."--Mike Davis, author of "Planet of Slums and In Praise of Barbarians"
"The clarity of Kelly's perspective is neither apologetic, nor presumptive (as is usually the case); her focus is always on the political context of these women's lives. Patty Kelly writes like a poet and novelist, so much so that this work begs to be a movie."--Carol Leigh, a.k.a. "Scarlot Harlot," author of "Unrepentant Whore"

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Patty Kelly
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-25536-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Prostitution
LSN:	0-520-25536-4
Barcode:	9780520255364

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