Sex and Borders: Gender, National Identity, and Prostitution Policy in Thailand

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. sThis book explores how prostitution policy is linked to the disciplining of Thai national identity and gender. Jeffrey asserts that certain images of "The Prostitute" have silenced discourses of …