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This Element has two aims. The first is to discuss arguments
philosophers have made about the difference God's existence might
make to questions of general interest in metaethics. The second is
to argue that it is a mistake to think we can get very far in
answering these questions by assuming a thin conception of God, and
to suggest that exploring the implications of thick theisms for
metaethics would be more fruitful.
Prostitution in Thailand has been the subject of media
sensationalism for decades. Bangkok's brothels have become
international icons of "third world" women's exploitation in the
global sex trade. Recently, however, sex workers have begun to
demand not pity, but rights as workers in the global economy. This
book explores how Thai national identity in such an economy is
linked to prostitution and gender. Jeffrey asserts that certain
images of "The Prostitute" have silenced discourses of prostitution
as work, while fostering the idea of the peasant woman as the
embodiment of national culture. This idea, coupled with a will to
shape the modern state through the behaviour of middle-class men,
has been a main concern of Thai prostitution policy. Gender,
Jeffrey argues, has become the mechanism through which states
respond to the contradictory pressures of globalization and
nation-building. Sex and Borders is essential reading for those
interested in gender studies, Southeast Asian studies, and the
politics of prostitution.
Prostitution in Thailand has been the subject of media
sensationalism for decades. Bangkok's brothels have become
international icons of "third world" women's exploitation in the
global sex trade. Recently, however, sex workers have begun to
demand not pity, but rights as workers in the global economy. This
book explores how Thai national identity in such an economy is
linked to prostitution and gender. Jeffrey asserts that certain
images of "The Prostitute" have silenced discourses of prostitution
as work, while fostering the idea of the peasant woman as the
embodiment of national culture. This idea, coupled with a will to
shape the modern state through the behaviour of middle-class men,
has been a main concern of Thai prostitution policy. Gender,
Jeffrey argues, has become the mechanism through which states
respond to the contradictory pressures of globalization and
nation-building. Sex and Borders is essential reading for those
interested in gender studies, Southeast Asian studies, and the
politics of prostitution.
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