Denise Brennan presents a detailed & perceptive account of the sex trade in Sosúa, on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. She discusses the desires & ambitions that motivate both clients & prostitutes in this social interface between the West & the Third World.

Introduction : Elena and Jurgen --I. The town -- 1. Sosua : a transnational town -- 2. Imagining and experiencing Sosua -- II. The transnational plan : looking beyond Dominican borders -- 3. Performing love -- III. The sex trade -- 4. Sosua's sex workers : their families and working lives -- 5. Advancement strategies in Sosua's sex trade -- IV. Plan accomplished : getting beyond Dominican borders -- 6. Transnational disappointments : living in Europe -- Conclusion : changes in sex workers' lives, Sosua, and its sex trade.