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Henry Trotter - Sugar Girls and Seamen: A Journey into the World of Dockside Prostitution in South Africa - 9780821419632 - V9780821419632
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Sugar Girls and Seamen: A Journey into the World of Dockside Prostitution in South Africa

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Description for Sugar Girls and Seamen: A Journey into the World of Dockside Prostitution in South Africa Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.

Sugar Girls and Seamen illuminates the shadowy world of dockside prostitution in South Africa, focusing on the women of Cape Town and Durban who sell their hospitality to foreign sailors.Dockside “sugar girls” work at one of the busiest cultural intersections in the world. Through their continual interactions with foreign seamen, they become major traffickers in culture, ideas, languages, styles, goods, currencies, genes, and diseases. Many learn the seamen’s languages, develop emotional relationshipswith them, have their babies, and become entangled in vast webs of connection. Henry Trotter argues that these South Africanwomen are the ultimate cosmopolitans, the unsung sirens of globalization.... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821419632
SKU
V9780821419632
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Henry Trotter
Henry Trotter is a doctoral student of African history at Yale University. He lives in Cape Town.

Reviews for Sugar Girls and Seamen: A Journey into the World of Dockside Prostitution in South Africa
“Adamantine research and thoughtful analysis … brilliant and detailed.”
Sunday Times, South Africa
“Trotter presents a depth and richness of narrative that could only be achieved through prolonged and personal enquiry… The result is a series of narratives through which the reader, in turn, is able to become familiar with the characters involved.”
International Journal of Maritime ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Sugar Girls and Seamen: A Journey into the World of Dockside Prostitution in South Africa


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