Working at the Bar
Subtitle: Sex Work and Health Communication in Thailand
Publisher: Ablex Publishing
Published: January 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781567505672
Subjects: Asian studies; Communication Studies; Prostitution; History; Sex-oriented businesses; Demography; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Women's Studies - General; Sociology; Thailand; Communication; Ethnic Studies - General; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication; Communication in medicine; Asia - General
First sentence: In 1988, I began a long-term study of bars oriented toward Western foreigners in Thailand and their female sex workers.
Description: "Commercial sex is the occupation of a significant portion of the women of the world, providing economic support for millions of people and their families. Working at the Bar is the first-ever, long-term, longitudinal, in-depth study of a large sex work industry - and Thailand, the most prominent nation in the rapidly growing sex tourism industry, makes for an excellent case study.

While previous works have provided brief glimpses of one group of workers studied from a particular point of view, author Thomas Steinfatt delves into considerations of health, behavior, economics, morality, religion, and worker safety. Assembling data from thousands of workers and customers in Thailand over a period of 12 years, Working at the Bar covers all aspects of an industry that, although it does not conform to various Western ideals, is nevertheless enormously significant."--BOOK JACKET.