The Love that Binds: Transnational Relationships in Sex Work.
The maintenance of long-term relationships between sex workers and their clients involves the management and balance of intimacy and a business relationship and requires both parties to constantly negotiate their roles and expectations. In this study, I focus on how they interpret these relationship...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Culture Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 91 - 111 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2009
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