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‘Whore-friendly people’: heritage tourism, the media and the place of sex work in Butte, Montana

‘Gente amigable con las putas’: el turismo patrimonial, los medios y el lugar del trabajo sexual en Butte, Montana

Pages 587-607 | Published online: 08 Sep 2009

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