Title:
Sex, love, and migration : postsocialism, modernity, and intimacy from Istanbul to the Arctic / Alexia Bloch.
ISBN:
9781501712050
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2021]
©2017
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations, maps
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Introduction : from the Arctic to Istanbul -- Magnificent centuries and economies of desire -- Gender, labor, and emotion in a global economy -- "We are like slaves--who needs capitalism?" : intimate economies and marginal, mobile households -- Strategic intimacy, "real love," and marriage -- Intimate currencies : love, romance, and sex "without hang-ups" -- "Other mothers," grandmothers, and the state -- Conclusion : on the move -- Appendix. People featured.
Summary:
Explores the relationship between transnational migration of women due to the end of socialism and the rise of global capitalism and their work in three distinct spheres: sex work, the garment trade, and domestic work. Includes black-and-white photographs and maps.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
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Interest grade level:
Adult.
Availability:
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