Police as pimps
Rio anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette breaks down one of the unspoken facts of prostitution in Rio: the police work as pimps,
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Red Light Rio
Interviews with women working in Rio de Janeiro's sex industry.
Red Light Rio
Interviews with women working in Rio de Janeiro's sex industry.
Thaddeus Blanchette
Thaddeus Blanchette is a professor of anthropology at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Macaé.
The Orgy that Wasn’t
Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette at the Federal University Rio de Janeiro of Macaé presents the Observatory of Prostitution’s preliminary findings of research on the World
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Observatory of Prostitution report on World Cup sex tourism in Rio
I am honored to be working as a research collaboration with Rio’s Observatory of Prostitution, an extension project of the
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The Myth of Maria
What is the profile of a Brazilian sex trafficking victim? Brazilian anthropologists Ana Paula da Silva, Thaddeus Blanchette and Andressa Raylane Bento explain
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Brazilian Sex Trafficking
Is sex trafficking a problem in Brazil? Do Brazilian women get trafficked abroad? Brazilian anthropologists Ana Paula da Silva, Thaddeus
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World Cup Sex Panic
Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette and historian Cristiana Schettini provide a history of Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro: “More than
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Prostitution Today in Rio
Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette and historian Cristiana Schettini provide a history of Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro: “More than
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Police as Madams
Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette and historian Cristiana Schettini provide a history of Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro: “More than
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Prostitution Markets and Sanitation Campaigns
Anthropologists Thaddeus Blanchette and Cristiana Schettini provide a history of Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro: “More
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Prostitution in Rio: “Not Illegal”
Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette and historian Cristiana Schettini provide a history of Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro:
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A History of Rio Sex
Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette and historian Cristiana Schettini provide a history of Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro:
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Vila Mimosa: An Eviction Timeline
Rio has a history of warring with its prostitutes when tourists come to town that stretches back 100 years. When
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