TY - JOUR
T1 - Thai girls and Farang men the edge of ambiguity
AU - Cohen, Erik
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - This paper examines the dynamics of the short-term and longer term relationship between prostitutes and tourists in Bangkok, Thailand. Based on fieldwork in one small area of Bangkok, it examines the expectations of the women and the foreign men who patronize their services. It concludes that for most of the women, prostitution offers a career marked by a pattern of upward and downward mobility, economic insecurity, often emotional instability, and no long-term solution to the economic conditions which made them join the profession in the first place.
AB - This paper examines the dynamics of the short-term and longer term relationship between prostitutes and tourists in Bangkok, Thailand. Based on fieldwork in one small area of Bangkok, it examines the expectations of the women and the foreign men who patronize their services. It concludes that for most of the women, prostitution offers a career marked by a pattern of upward and downward mobility, economic insecurity, often emotional instability, and no long-term solution to the economic conditions which made them join the profession in the first place.
KW - prostitution
KW - relationships with clients
KW - social mobility
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0020372450&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0160-7383(82)90021-4
DO - 10.1016/0160-7383(82)90021-4
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AN - SCOPUS:0020372450
SN - 0160-7383
VL - 9
SP - 403
EP - 428
JO - Annals of Tourism Research
JF - Annals of Tourism Research
IS - 3
ER -
