| The Global Political Economy of Sex: Desire, Violence, and Insecurity in Mediterranean Nation States 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Agathangelou, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403975868 ISBN-13: 9781403975867 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Gender Studies - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 305.489 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mediterranean |
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| Publisher Description: At the intersection of the warmth of hearth and home and the dangers of the street lies the tenuous position of women engaged in reproductive labour, those involved in the sex trade and those in domestic positions. These are women who are vulnerable, exploited, and whose dirty work allows for the reproduction of traditional social mores and roles. Yet while they are used to sustain tradition, dialectically they reflect the hyperconnections of globalization through the migration of women, the development of placement 'agencies' that often are little but fronts for transnational crime; and the transfer of money from the developed countries to the oppressed world. This book focuses on the interaction of the global and the local through a close investigation of the political economy of desire and reproduction in three states that blur the line between developed and developing: Greece; Turkey; and Cyprus. These are countries at the crossroads, in flux, whose peripheral siting at the centre of global capitalism provides unusual insight into the dark recesses of patriarchy, paternalism and exploitation. |