Have sex will travel: Romantic 'sex tourism' and women negotiating modernity in the Sinai

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-61

  Jacobs, Jessica ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional geographies; Female sex tourism; Geographical imaginations; Romance tourism; The modern subject

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; MODERNITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CONFLICT; TOURISM; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 62349139841     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690802574787     Document Type: Article

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