Amalia L Cabezas: 3 books

Book cover of Economies of Desire

Economies of Desire

Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic

by Amalia L. Cabezas
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009

Is a native-born tour guide who has sex with tourists—in exchange for dinner or gifts or cash—merely a prostitute or gigolo? What if the tourist continues to send gifts or money to the tour guide after returning home? As this original and provocative book demonstrates, when it comes to sex—and...
Book cover of Wages of Empire

Wages of Empire

Neoliberal Policies, Repression, and Women's Poverty

by Amalia L. Cabezas, Ellen Reese, Marguerite Waller
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015

Corporate globalization has intensified in recent years, taking a terrible toll on the lives of ordinary women in the global North and South. This book investigates the related processes of neoliberal economic restructuring and increased militarization, tracking policy and its enforcement to its impact...
Book cover of Sun, Sex, and Gold

Sun, Sex, and Gold

Tourism and Sex Work in the Caribbean

by Jessica Tomiko Anders, Christel Antonius-Smits, Amalia L. Cabezas
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 1999

With tourism accounting for approximately thirty percent of the Caribbean's GDP and twenty-four percent of employment, a link between the sex trade and the tourism industry has gained recent attention. Shifts in global production, an increase of disposable income for pleasure and recreation, and a...
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