Love in the Drug War: Selling Sex and Finding Jesus on the Mexico-US Border

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Drug Work and Sex Work in Reynosa -- 1. Dinero Fácil: The Gendered Moral Economies of Drug Work and Sex Work -- 2. Rumors of Violence and Feelings of Vulnerability -- Part II. The Intimate and Economic Obligations of Sex Workers -- 3. Stigmatized Whores, Obligated Mothers, and Respectable Prostitutes -- 4. "Sometimes We, as Mothers, Are to Blame": Drug-Addicted Sex Workers and the Politics of Blame -- Part III. Missionary Projects in Boystown -- 5. The Love Triad between Sex Workers, Missionaries, and God -- 6. Love and Confl ict in Sex Worker/Missionary Relationships -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Drug work and sex work in Reynosa : Dinero fácil: the gendered moral economies of drug work and sex work ; Rumors of violence and feelings of vulnerability -- The intimate and economic obligations of sex workers : Stigmatized whores, obligated mothers, and respectable prostitutes ; "Sometimes we, as mothers, are to blame": drug addicted sex workers and the politics of blame -- Missionary projects in Boystown : The love triad between sex workers, missionaries, and god ; Love and conflict in sex worker/missionary relationships -- Conclusion