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Title: Emotional not Analytical
Review: What a wasted research opportunity.Academic funding (and I presume a decent supervisor), an extended period for study in the Kingdom and... what interested me the most... a woman's perspective on a subject usually "sensationalised" by parachute journalists or men that have arguably lived in Bangkok too long. It could have been so good.This is definitely not ground breaking social anthropology of the Paul Harrison calibre. Rather it comes across as reminisces from an extended vacation cum study trip.If you are looking for an in depth analysis of the Pong, or the intricacies and the drivers behind the sex industry, you are not going to get it here. Leave it on the book shop shelf next to the trash novels written by men attempting to gain closure on their experiences of the Thai bar scene."Pat Pong Sisters." Tosh. It's more like "My Girlie Mates I Met In Pat Pong. And a Fair Bit About the Local Bloke I Fancied."
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