ISBN10: 0761835970, ISBN13: 9780761835974, [publisher: UPA] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Mongers in Heaven is an exploration of 'Monger Culture.' Mongers, as defined by the author in relation to sexual tourism to Costa Rica, are tourists and expatriates who have developed a unique culture of simulation, lying, marriages, gender games, and sexual liberation. Schifter-Sikora analyzes the relatively new phenomenon of American senior citizens mass-traveling to Central America in search of sex and love from prostitutes. The social and economic impact of their travel, as well as the increase in new HIV infections in the U.S. and the Central American countries, is at the core of Schifter-Sikora's analysis. The author also makes a unique psychological analysis that includes both the sex worker and her American client and their mutual aspirations and disappointments. The study features unique quantitative data on this population of sex workers and clients and the group's reasons for and expectations of sexual tourism. Also under analysis by Schifter-Sikora, is Jean Baudrillard's theory of simulation and simulacra, here in relation to the disappearance of the 'real' in sexual tourism. American sex tourists are creating a sexual culture where truth is no longer relevant or desired. Costa Rican sex workers, for their part, hope for the traditional 'real' that the Americans are escaping ...
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Paperback / softback. New. ISBN 0761835970 9780761835974 [GB]

Univ Pr of Amer, Date: 2006. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 207 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. 2006. Univ Pr of Amer ISBN 0761835970 9780761835974 [GB]

ISBN10: 0761835970, ISBN13: 9780761835974, [publisher: UPA] Softcover
[Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
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University Press of America 2006 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 212 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white.

University Press of America 2006 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 212 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white.

ISBN10: 0761835970, ISBN13: 9780761835974, [publisher: University Press of America] Softcover
[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]

ISBN10: 0761835970, ISBN13: 9780761835974, [publisher: Univ Pr of Amer] Softcover 1st edition. 207 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]

University Press of America 2006 Trade paperback Good Ships same day or next. Slight crease on cover. Unread Copy. Text is like-new. Expedited shipping available at checkout for domestic orders.