From Ying Nakhon Sopheni to Sao Borikan: Banality and Originality in the Development of Prostitution in Thailand
Since prostitution for Thai has been much less studied that sex tourism, this article propose a brief history of sex work in Thailand, from the kingdom of Ayutthaya (14th-18th century) to the present time. The aim is first to highlight—as all over the world—the foremost prominence of the commercial...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/moussons, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Moussons
2017
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | Since prostitution for Thai has been much less studied that sex tourism, this article propose a brief history of sex work in Thailand, from the kingdom of Ayutthaya (14th-18th century) to the present time. The aim is first to highlight—as all over the world—the foremost prominence of the commercial aspect, prostitution being a trading exchange of a sexual service against payment. However, in present-day Thailand, and, at least for the last half-century, money is just like the true god (ngoen khue prachao) and the prospect to obtain more money tolerates any behavior and any corruption. Still to comprehend better the unusual development of prostitution in Thailand it is necessary to unveil the socio-cultural fertilizers. One of them could be the peculiar situation of the mae may, a term inappropriately translated by widow in bilingual dictionaries, following the first lexicographers of the Thai who were all Christian missionaries. |
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