Love in the Drug War : : Selling Sex and Finding Jesus on the Mexico-US Border /

Love in the Drug War : : Selling Sex and Finding Jesus on the Mexico-US Border / / Sarah Luna.

Sex, drugs, religion, and love are potent combinations in la zona, a regulated prostitution zone in the city of Reynosa, across the border from Hidalgo, Texas. During the years 2008 and 2009, a time of intense drug violence, Sarah Luna met and built relationships with two kinds of migrants, women wh...

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Luna, Sarah,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2020
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I DRUG WORK AND SEX WORK IN REYNOSA
  • CHAPTER 1 Dinero Fácil: The Gendered Moral Economies of Drug Work and Sex Work
  • CHAPTER 2 Rumors of Violence and Feelings of Vulnerability
  • PART II THE INTIMATE AND ECONOMIC OBLIGATIONS OF SEX WORKERS
  • CHAPTER 3 Stigmatized Whores, Obligated Mothers, and Respectable Prostitutes
  • CHAPTER 4 "Sometimes We, as Mothers, Are to Blame": Drug-Addicted Sex Workers and the Politics of Blame
  • PART III MISSIONARY PROJECTS IN BOYSTOWN
  • CHAPTER 5 The Love Triad between Sex Workers, Missionaries, and God
  • CHAPTER 6 Love and Conflict in Sex Worker/ Missionary Relationships
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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