02092    a2200313   450000500170000000800400001702000220005703700370007904000070011604100080012307200140013107200150014507200150016007200150017507200120019007200140020207200130021607200150022907200210024407200210026507200230028610000260030924500940033525000060042926000320043530000100046752012840047799900170176120250526161934.0250430042013GB        8           eng    a9780415629348qBB  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 150.00fBB  a01  aeng7 aJB2thema7 aKNP2thema7 aGTM2thema7 a1FM2bisac7 aJF2bic7 aKNSG2bic7 aGTB2bic7 a1FM2bisac7 aSOC0080002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a306.74095962bisac1 aHeidi Hoefinger9105110aSex, Love and Money in CambodiabProfessional Girlfriends and Transactional Relationships  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20130418  a232 p  bDealing with the complex and discomforting ‘grey ‘area where sex, love and money collide, this book highlights the general materiality of everyday sex that takes place in all relationships. In doing so, it draws attention to and destigmatizes the transactional elements within many ‘normative’ partnerships – be they transnational, inter-ethnic or otherwise. Focusing on Cambodia, and on a subculture of young women employed in the tourist bar scene referred to as ‘professional girlfriends’, the book shows that the resulting transnational relationships between Cambodian women and their foreign partners are complex and multi-layered. It argues that the sex-for-cash prostitution framework is no longer an appropriate model of analysis. Instead, a new vocabulary of ‘professional girlfriends’ and ‘transactional sex’ is used, with which the nuanced complexities of these transnational partnerships are analysed. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book inspires new understandings of gender, power, sex, love, desire, political economy and materiality within everyday relationships around the globe. It is a useful contribution for students and scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Southeast Asian Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Cultural Studies.  c10647d10647