Women and sex work in Cambodia : blood, sweat and tears / Larissa Sandy.

"Prostitution is strongly embedded in local cultural practices in Cambodia. Based on extensive original research, this book explores the nature of prostitution in Cambodia, providing explanations of why the phenomenon is so widely tolerated"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:ASAA women in Asia series.
Main Author: Sandy, Larissa (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Series:ASAA women in Asia series.
Subjects:
Prostitution > Cambodia.
Prostitutes > Cambodia > Social conditions.
Prostitutes > Social conditions.
Prostitution.
Cambodia.
Cambodja.
Physical Description:xv,140 pages : illustations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Filles malades : sex work in French Cambodia, 1863-1953
  • Sihanouk's thesis A and B : sex work in post-independence Cambodia
  • The social and cultural context of sex work
  • Just choices : the moral and political economies of sex work
  • Core transmitter/sex slave : ten years of regulating sex work (1998-2008)
  • Conclusion : blood, sweat and tears.