Intimate Economies: Bodies, Emotions, and Sexualities on the Global Market (Palgrave Studies in Globalization and Embodiment)

"This book illustrates how intimate workers in different socio-cultural contexts negotiate the commercial uses of their sexuality, identity, affect, and bodies, thereby often defying inequality, impoverishment, and resource depletion in their regions. The studies shed light on the multi-faceted experiences of subjects involved in intimate economies, oscillating between personal empowerment and agency, as well as the required subjection to the demands of the current market regime, entailing participation in precarious employment, often involving bodily risk, economic exploitation and stigmatization. The contributions demonstrate the interrelatedness of market intimacy, family economies, and transnational care arrangements, and thereby challenge Western notions of the subject and the free market"--Provided by publisher Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Global Intimate Economies: Discontents And Debates; Gifts And Commodities; Discontents With Commercial Intimacy Spelled Out; Globalized Intimate Labor A Commodity?; Bodies As Commodities; The Value Of Living Matter; Intimate Labor And Alienation; Intimate Economies And Economic Justice; Structure Of The Book; Notes; Bibliography; Part I: Commodifying Affects, Emotions And Selves; Chapter 2: The Authentic Cybertariat? Commodifying Feeling, Accents,^ And Cultural Identities In The Global South; Introduction.; The Cybertariat And The Absent-present Body Emotional Labor And Commercialization Of Human Feeling; Authenticity Work And Commodification Of Identity; Racialization And Aesthetic Labor; Methodology; The Alien And The Familiar: The Paradox Of The Call Center; Image Management And Cultural Immersion; Performativity And Imaginaries Of The Western Worker; Emotional Labor And Regulation Of Feeling On The Shop Floor; Conclusion; Note; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Regulating Sexy Subjects: The Case Of Brazilian Fashion Retail And Its Affective Workforce; Introduction.; Commodities, Desires And Diversity Self-commodification And Affective Labor; Limited Freedom, New Controls; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Emotional Labor And Ethical Practice: Professionalism Among Sex Workers In Tijuana; Introduction; Sex Work And Emotional Labor; Selling The Girlfriend Experience Or Onda Novia; Sex Work,^ Emotion Management And Capitalism; Managing Negative Emotions; Achieving Calmness; Dealing With Abusive Behavior; Emotional Labor And Estrangement; Emotion Management, Professionalism And Sex Work Ethics; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.; Part Ii: Sexualized Bodies On The Market Chapter 5: A Feast Of Men: Sexuality, Kinship And Predation In The Practices Of Female Prostitution In Downtown Porto Alegre; Introduction; A Programa Is Not Sex; On The Path Of Belligerent Prostitution; Going Out To Eat: The Risk Of Practice; (in)conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Neoliberalism, Oil Wealth And Migrant Sex Work In The Chadian City Of N'djamena; Introduction; Neoliberalism And The Chad-cameroon Pipeline Development Project; Structural And Family Causes For Women's Migration; Selling Sex In N'djamena.; Strategies Of Adaptation To The Market: A Form Of Agency? Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 7: The Use Of Life-enabling Practices Among Waria: Vulnerability, Subsistence,^ And Identity In Contemporary Yogyakarta; Introduction; Waria Livelihoods: Strategies Of Subsistence In The Post-suharto Era; But We Don't Have Money, Do You Want To Pay For Us? Strategies And Interpretations Of Silicone Injections And Hormone Intake Among Waria; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Part Iii: Global Reproductive Commerce; Chapter 8: Gestational Labors: Care Politics And Surrogates' Struggle. Susanne Hofmann, Adi Moreno, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction: Global Intimate Economies: Discontents and Debates....Pages 1-30 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 The “Authentic Cybertariat”? Commodifying Feeling, Accents, and Cultural Identities in the Global South....Pages 33-56 Regulating Sexy Subjects: The Case of Brazilian Fashion Retail and Its Affective Workforce....Pages 57-78 Emotional Labor and Ethical Practice: Professionalism Among Sex Workers in Tijuana....Pages 79-108 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 A Feast of Men: Sexuality, Kinship and Predation in the Practices of Female Prostitution in Downtown Porto Alegre....Pages 111-134 Neoliberalism, Oil Wealth and Migrant Sex Work in the Chadian City of N’Djamena....Pages 135-162 The Use of “Life-enabling” Practices Among Waria: Vulnerability, Subsistence, and Identity in Contemporary Yogyakarta....Pages 163-184 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 Gestational Labors: Care Politics and Surrogates’ Struggle....Pages 187-212 Surrogate Mothers and Gay Fathers: Navigating the Commercial Surrogacy Arrangement in India....Pages 213-231 Families on the Market Front....Pages 233-259 Back Matter....Pages 261-276 "This book illustrates how intimate workers in different socio-cultural contexts negotiate the commercial uses of their sexuality, identity, affect, and bodies, thereby often defying inequality, impoverishment, and resource depletion in their regions. The studies shed light on the multi-faceted experiences of subjects involved in intimate economies, oscillating between personal empowerment and agency, as well as the required subjection to the demands of the current market regime, entailing participation in precarious employment, often involving bodily risk, economic exploitation and stigmatization. The contributions demonstrate the interrelatedness of market intimacy, family economies, and transnational care arrangements, and thereby challenge Western notions of the subject and the free market"- - Springer