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UNINA9910782405503321 |
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Autore |
Kelly Patty |
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Titolo |
Lydia's Open Door : Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel / / Patty Kelly |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2008] |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-38573-5 |
0-520-94161-6 |
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Edizione |
[Reprint 2019] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prostitutes |
Tuxtla Gutie ́rrez |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE. Modern Sex in a Modern City -- TWO. Hidden in Plain Sight -- THREE. Inside the Galactic Zone -- FOUR. Convergence -- FIVE. "It Began Innocently" -- SIX. Sellers and Buyers -- SEVEN. The Secrets We Keep -- EIGHT. Final Thoughts -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Examines the lives of the women who work in the Zona Galactica, a state-run brothel in Chiapas' capital city. By delving into lives that would otherwise go unremarked, this book documents the modernization of the sex industry during the neoliberal era in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez. |
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