Wayward Women
Author | : Holly Wardlow |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2006-05-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520245594 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520245598 |
Rating | : 4/5 (598 Downloads) |
Download or read book Wayward Women written by Holly Wardlow and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-05-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes female agency, gendered violence, and transactional sex in contemporary Papua New Guinea. Focusing on Huli "passenger women," this work explores the socio-economic factors that push women into the practice of transactional sex, and asks how these transactions might be an expression of resistance, or even revenge.