Working at The Bar. Sex Work and Health Communication in Thailand

From: Journal of Third World Studies | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Kusujiarti, Siti | Copyright information

Steinfatt, Thomas, M. Working at The Bar. Sex Work and Health Communication in Thailand. Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing, 2002. 435 pp.

This book is intended to provide a rich contextual background for understanding the people who work in foreign oriented bars, and to a lesser degree the people who manage and own them and the customers who support them. The study was conducted over two phases in 12 years period. Phase I was from 1988 to 1992 when the AIDS epidemic was taking shape in Th...

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