The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland

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ISBN: 9780415929479 | 0415929474
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/16/2009

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This book loos at Nevada's brothel industry. It provides a history of brothels in Nevada as well as an examination of the current-day brothel industry. Based on interviews with brothel workers, owners, and local politicians, this book offers a vivid account of what life is like in a brothel.

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Series Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction The Matt of Set	p. 1
Mapping the Terrain of Nevada' a Brothels	p. 4
Nevada's Brothel Laws	p. 8
Situating Prostitution Context Malteit	p. 10
Researching the Brothels	p. 11
The Brothel Industry Uncovered	p. 17
Contexts of Sexual Commerce	p. 20
The Growth of the Leisure Economy	p. 20
The State of Commercial Sex in Late Capitalism	p. 34
Conclusion	p. 40
The Making of Nevada Prostitution	p. 42
Prostitution in Industrial Societies	p. 43
Wild West Businesses and Mining Culture: The Leisure Economy in Nevada, 1900 to 1940	p. 45
Gaming, Girls, and Sun: The Resort Industry and the Institutionalization of Legal Brothels, 1940 to 2000	p. 64
Conclusion	p. 88
The Business of Selling Sex	p. 90
Rural Places, Modern Businesses	p. 90
Running the Show: Brothel Ownership	p. 94
Marketing Legal Sex	p. 96
How Sex is Sold	p. 117
Management and Workplace Relations	p. 131
Conclusion	p. 149
Paths to Brothel Work	p. 152
Coming from the Service Industry	p. 157
Coming from Illegal Prostitution	p. 162
Sexual Women in Sexual Careers	p. 166
Cash-in-Hand: Managing Finances	p. 169
Mobility in Brothel Work	p. 173
Conclusion	p. 175
Brothel Labor: Making Fantasies at Work	p. 178
Doing Sex: Labor Strategies	p. 180
Body Practices	p. 182
Caring Practices	p. 190
Holistic Practices	p. 193
Being a "Prostitute"	p. 199
Conclusion	p. 219
Conclusion: Learning from Nevada	p. 222
The State of Sex	p. 224
The Social Relations of Sexual Commerce	p. 226
Nevada's Legal Brothels as a Model?	p. 230
Nevada Brothel Guide	p. 237
Nevada County Brothel Laws and Income (2007)	p. 240
Sex Workers Interviewed	p. 242
Notes	p. 244
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 292
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The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland

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