Modern Babylon?: Prostituting Children in Thailand Book

	List of Tables
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
1	History and Context
	Myths and Stereotypes	21
	NGOs and the Discovery of Child Prostitution	29
	The Extent of the Problem	33
	History and Myth	40
2	Cultural Constructions of Childhood
	A History of Childhood in the West	53
	Childhood in Thailand	57
	What Constitutes a Good Childhood?	62
	Childhood and State Intervention	66
3	The Child Prostitutes of Baan Nua
	Data Collection	69
	Child Prostitution in Baan Nua	76
	Kinship and Reciprocity	82
	Reciprocity, Friends and Clients	86
4	Struggles and Contradictions
	Children as Social Agents	89
	Prostitution and its Alternatives	95
	The Life-Cycle of Prostitution	102
5	Identity and its Difficulties
	Status	107
	Sexuality and Identity	111
	Gender, Prostitution and Identity	123
	Social Identity	128
6	Protecting Innocence
	Innocence and Freedom	133
	Buying Innocence	139
	Maintaining Innocence	144
7	Conclusion	155
	Bibliography	175
	Index	189