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Title

  • Dangerous love : sex work, drug use, and the pursuit of intimacy in Tijuana, Mexico

Summary

  • "The relationships between female sex workers and their non-commercial male partners are often assumed to be coercive and anchored in risk, dismissed as "pimp-prostitute" arrangements by researchers and the general public alike. Yet, these stereotypes unjustly erase the complexity of lives we imagine to be consumed by social suffering. Dangerous Love centers a framework of love to rethink sex workers" intimate relationships as commitments to collective solidarity and survival in contexts of oppression. Combining epidemiological research and ethnographic fieldwork in Tijuana, Mexico, Jennifer Leigh Syvertsen examines how individuals try to find love and meaning in lives marked by structural violence, social marginalization, drug addiction, and HIV/AIDS. Linking the political economy of inequalities along the border with emotional lived experience, this book explores how intimate relationships become dangerous safe havens that fundamentally shape both partners' wellbeing. Through these stories, we are urged to reimagine the socially transformative power of love to carve new pathways to health equity"--Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Syvertsen, Jennifer Leigh, 1974- author

Created / Published

  • Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
  • ©2022

Contents

  • Introduction -- Parejas -- Where sex ends and emotions begin -- Love in a war zone -- Rewriting risk -- (Not) lost to follow-up -- Conclusion : love as a pathway to health equity -- Afterword.

Headings

  • -  Prostitutes--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)--Social conditions

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND license. To view a copy of the license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ External .
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

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  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ151.T54

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022012651

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  • Unrestricted online access.

Online Format

  • epub
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Syvertsen, Jennifer Leigh, Author. Dangerous love: sex work, drug use, and the pursuit of intimacy in Tijuana, Mexico. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©, 2022] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022012651/.

APA citation style:

Syvertsen, J. L. (2022) Dangerous love: sex work, drug use, and the pursuit of intimacy in Tijuana, Mexico. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022012651/.

MLA citation style:

Syvertsen, Jennifer Leigh, Author. Dangerous love: sex work, drug use, and the pursuit of intimacy in Tijuana, Mexico. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©, 2022] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022012651/>.