Female Sex Workers and the Social Context of Workplace Violence in Tijuana, Mexico

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-362

  Katsulis, Yasmina ^a   Lopez, Vera ^a   Durfee, Alesha ^a   Robillard, Alyssa ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Mexico; Risk avoidance; Sex work; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957009074     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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