Modern Babylon? (eBook)

Prostituting Children in Thailand

Heather Montgomery (Autor)

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2001
192 Seiten
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78238-476-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Child prostitution became one of the key concerns of the international community in the 1990s. World congresses were held, international and national laws were changed and concern over "e;cemmercially sexually exploited children"e; rose dramatically. Rarely, however, were the children who worked as prostitutes consulted of questioned in this process, and the voices of these children brought into focus. This book is the first to address the children directly, to examine their daily lives, their motivations and their perceptions of what they do. Based on 15 months of fieldwork in a Thai tourist community that survived through child prostitution, this book draws on anthropological theories on childhood and kinship to contextualize the experiences of this group of Thai child prostitutes and to contrast these with the stereotypes held of them by those outside their community.

Autor

Heather Montgomery is a member of the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group and a British Academy Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford. She has recently been appointed Lecturer in Child Studies at the Open University.

Inhalt

List of Tables
Acknowledgements

Introduction


A Personal View

Child Prostitution and Anthropology


Chapter 1. History and Context


Myths and Stereotypes

NGOs and the Discovery of Child Prostitution

The Extent of the Problem

History and Myth


Chapter 2. Cultural Constructions of Childhood


A History of Childhood in the West

Childhood in Thailand

What Constitutes a Good Childhood?

Childhood and State Intervention


Chapter 3. The Child Prostitutes of Baan Nua


Data Collection

Child Prostitution in Baan Nua

Kinship and Reciprocity

Reciprocity, Friends and Clients


Chapter 4. Struggles and Contradictions


Children as Social Agents

Prostitution and its Alternatives

The Life-Cycle of Prostitution


Chapter 5. Identity and its Difficulties


Status

Sexuality and Identity

Gender, Prostitution and Identity

Social Identity


Chapter 6. Protecting Innocence


Innocence and Freedom

Buying Innocence

Maintaining Innocence


Chapter 7. Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2001
• Reihe/Serie: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Medical Anthropology
• ISBN-10: 1-78238-476-6 / 1782384766
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78238-476-2 / 9781782384762