2007/09/01 by Howard Campbell · 15 citations
Social Sciences · #Sex work and related issues #Diaspora, migration, transnational identity #Latin American and Latino Studies #Ethnography #Sociology #Tourism #Power (physics) #Hegemony #Gender studies #Reductionism #Order (exchange) #Perspective (graphical) #Inequality #Anthropology #Epistemology #Politics #Political science
paper · doi:10.1177/0308275x07080356
published in Critique of Anthropology 27(3), 261-283 (SAGE Publishing)
openalex publication_date 2007/09/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
■ Recent anthropological studies have emphasized power, domination and hegemony. The US—Mexico border is a key site for ethnographic research on such issues. This article uses an ethnographic approach to examine cross-border sexual encounters in the Ciudad Juárez/El Paso area. Through a study of Anglo/Mexican sexual interactions and the blurred boundaries between the cross-border marriage market and sex tourism, I explore the cultural dimensions of attraction and seduction within the contexts of unequal power relations. This approach moves beyond moralistic reductionism and one-dimensional views of power relations and inequality in order to provide a richer perspective on cross-cultural sexual encounters.