Boy's Town, prostitution

Boy's Town, prostitution

Boy's Towns, also known as Zonas de Tolerancia, Zonas Rojas or Zonas Rosas (Spanish for Tolerance, Red, and Pink Zones, respectively), are formally designated zones within several Mexican cities where legalized prostitution exists. These normally walled compounds, most of which are located along the U.S.-Mexico border, operate as red light districts.

Selected Boy's Towns include:
* Ciudad Acuña
* Zona Norte (Tijuana)
* Nuevo Laredo – located at coord|27.465278|N|99.529444|W|
* Piedras Negras
* Reynosa – located at coord|26.09895|N|98.287128|W|
* Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León – located at coord|26.524203|N|100.160228|W|
* Salina Cruz, Oaxaca

References

* Boystown : la zona de tolerancia / with essays by Cristina Pacheco, Dave Hickey, and Keith Carter ; afterword by Bill Wittliff. New York : Aperture, in association with the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography, c2000. 108 p. : chiefly ill. ; 27 x 30 cm. ISBN 0893819263
* Arreola, Daniel D., and Curtis, James R., "The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality" (1993). Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1287-6
* [http://www.nuevolaredo.gob.mx/municipio/archivo-presidentes2.htm"Ayuntamiento de Nuevo Laredo"] . Archivo Histórico: Presidentes de Nuevo Laredo.
* [http://www.revistavertigo.com/historico/2-7-2005/reportaje2.html "Caporal, José Antonio] . 2006. "El Narco Penetró Policía y Sociedad: Nuevo Laredo, Plaza en Disputa." Vertigo.
* [http://www.laughlin.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123030787 Cummins, Kent. 2006. Mexico travel restrictions further eased. Laughlin Air Force Base.]
* Curtis, James R., and Arreola, Daniel D. 1991a."Zonas de Tolerancia on the Northern Mexican Border." Geographical Review. 81(3):333-346.
* Curtis, James R., and Arreola, Daniel D. 1991b."Central Business Districts of the Two Laredos." Geographical Review. 83(1):54-65.
* [http://www.eumed.net/tesis/2006/fhc/"Hernández Contreras, Fernando"] . 2006. Propuesta de un modelo integral de competitividad economica para las empresas del municipio de Nuevo Laredo. Tesis doctoral.
* [http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewShortStory.asp?AuthorID=9124&id=12821 Hicks, Bob. 2004. Villa Acuna. AuthorsDen.com. Posted: Monday, May 31, 2004]
* [http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-05-31/news/trick-town/full" Pappalardo, Joe. "Trick Town."Dallas Observer News. May 31, 2001. "]
* [http://www.swtexaslive.com/node/220 Southwest Texas LIVE. 2006. Laughlin lifts Ciudad Acuña travel ban. June 30, 2006.]
* Stevenson, Robert J., "La Zona in Transition: Bordertown Prostitution in Frontier City, Mexico" (1975). Unpublished M.A. thesis, State University of New York at Stony Brook. This project has been expanded and was published as "A Mexican Border Prostitution Community During the Late Vietnam Era: La Zona". Edwin Mellen Press. New York. 2005. Detailed maps of the site, the region, and photographs (circa 1972) appear in Appendix A.
* [http://www.hoytamaulipas.net/index.phpPHPSESSID=ba628bae0a8235540330946129bb9672&v1=notas&v2=12927&tit=Zona_de_Tolerancia "Zapata, Mauricio"] . 2006. "Zona de Tolerancia." Hoy Tamaulipas.


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