Bodies, Borders, and Sex Tourism in a Globalized World: A Tale of Two Cities— Amsterdam and Havana

Vice Careers: The Changing Contours of Sex Work in New York City

“…For example, in Amsterdam, state regulations have promoted and stabilized the trade, rather than make those involved subject to increased rates of arrest. In Amsterdam, one of the effects of this has been to deepen the stratification between those sex workers working indoors and for an establishment, and those who have recently migrated to the city or are working outdoors and addicted to drugs (Wonders & Michalowski, 2001). Interestingly then, though state approaches to the trade in cities like Amsterdam and New York City differ so greatly, the effect of such polices are similar in that they have heightened the bifurcation of the trade between those working indoors and those on the street.…”

Of spectacular phantasmal desire: tourism and the Cuban state's complicity in the commodification of its citizens

“…These three neologisms on personal and social actions are the most common of a variety of informal terms for engaging with tourists in everyday speech on the streets of Havana. While all three are used in a variety of contexts, it is jineterismo 7 and its affiliated terminology associated with sex tourism that has attracted the most attention from state officials and scholars (Cabezas, 1998;Elizalde, 1996;Fernandez, 1999;Fusco, 1998;O'Connell Davidson, 1996Sugden & Tomlinson, 1995;Wonders & Michalowski, 2001). Yet jineterismo really extends far beyond its portrayal as the selling of sexual services (Cluster, 2004;Palmié, 2004).…”

Female Tourists, Casual Sex, and HIV Risk in Costa Rica

“…For example, in addition to providing a source of income, sometimes the only means of survival, involvement with tourists may also give locals opportunities for travel, consumption of luxury goods, migration to a new country, and even marriage (Cabezas 2004;Kempadoo 2004;Pruitt and LaFont 1995). As Cabezas (2004) and Wonders and Michalowski (2001) point out, this is greatly facilitated by globalizing forces that create the ripe conditions for the demand and consumption of sexual favors between richer tourists and poorer locals. Sex tourism may have different manifestations depending on the gender and age of the people involved, power relations, goods provided as payment, length of involvement, and intentions/motivations of the partners.…”

“…Sex tourism may have different manifestations depending on the gender and age of the people involved, power relations, goods provided as payment, length of involvement, and intentions/motivations of the partners. As Sanchez-Taylor (2001) argues, the term "sex tourism" has been usually reserved for relations between male tourists and local women (Pruitt and LaFont 1995;Wonders and Michalowski 2001), while similar behaviors in which the tourist is a woman have been leveled "romance tourism." In their description of women tourists in Jamaica, Pruitt and La Font (1995) argue that romance tourism allows both men and women to challenge and redefine the traditional gender roles imposed by their cultures.…”