Embodied cosmopolitanisms: The subjective mobility of migrants working in the global sex industry

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-124

  Mai, Nick ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cosmopolitism; essentialism; global sex industry; migration; queerness; trafficking

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; HEGEMONY; LIFESTYLE; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; PROSTITUTION; TRAFFICKING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874339782     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.649350     Document Type: Article

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