But the kids are okay: Motherhood, consumption and sex work in neo-liberal Latin America

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 716-736

  Rivers Moore, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption; Costa Rica; Economic mobility; Latin America; Motherhood; Neo liberalism; Sex work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POLITICS; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SURVIVAL;

COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POLITICS; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 78650043991     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2010.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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