Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LeonardoCAM_DISSERT.PDF: 848604 bytes, checksum: 380bbbf0ba188d77e735a4bc76d071da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-10 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (ESCCA) is a phenomenon that has been given priority in public policy agenda of many democratic governments of Western countries and civil sectors of society, besides the object of studies in different fields of knowledge. Psychology is among these areas and is considered one of the references in the construction of knowledge and actions to confront the phenomenon. However, the epistemological foundations of psychological science are quite different, and so, several are his speeches, knowledge produced and ways of conceiving man and the world. This is evident in the publications of psychology on ESCCA. This work aims to achieve a state of the art of psychology publication in Brazil (in the post-graduation - through theses and dissertations - and journals) on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents. More specifically try to evidence (a) what conceptions of commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents the authors lists, (b) what are aimed at research and publications, (c) how the research and issues are justified, and (d) that theoretical approaches the authors are affiliated and methodological possibilities are applied to range the aim proposed in their work. In order to do so, a survey was conducted in the major index sites (eg, BVS-Psi, Capes, theses and dissertations database of university libraries) of the material, covering the period 1990 to 2007. Through research on these sites, we built a database, including information relating to the work sought from specific descriptors for studies in the area of victimization of children and adolescents, with reference to a list provided by Faleiros (2000). After reading the summary of the work, the number of recovered 25 productions was reached - including theses, dissertations and articles. For analysis of the material used in the analysis of thematic content. Two axes themes were established in order to guide the analysis: conceptual elements of commercial sexual exploitation, and theoretical and methodological strategies employed. The axes have as reference for analysis a chapter built on the concept of commercial sexual exploitation, so that all analysis is anchored on it. The analysis points to the existence, still strong, conceptual and terminological confusion about ESCCA. Few studies have not demonstrated this confusion, maintaining a consistent theoretical approach. In relation to the theoretical and methodological strategies, there is a great diversity of approaches in psychology surrounding the phenomenon of ESCCA, enriching levels of understanding and action. This diversity reflects a constitutive heterogeneity of psychological science. We emphasize the perspective of socio-historical psychology, most frequently among the publications. It is hoped that this research will help advance the qualitative approach to ESCCA, especially in the field of psychology, as well as contribute to new research in the area and construction of new means of addressing this human rights violation / A Explora??o Sexual Comercial de Crian?as e Adolescentes (ESCCA) ? um fen?meno que vem tendo prioridade nas agendas de pol?ticas p?blicas de muitos governos democr?ticos dos pa?ses ocidentais e setores da sociedade civil, al?m de se constituir em objeto de estudos em diferentes ?reas de conhecimento. A Psicologia figura-se dentre essas ?reas e ? considerada uma das refer?ncias na constru??o de conhecimento e de a??es para enfrentamento do fen?meno. Contudo, as bases epistemol?gicas da ci?ncia psicol?gica s?o bastante diversas, e logo, diversos s?o seus discursos, saberes produzidos e formas de se conceber o homem e o mundo. Tal fato ? evidente nas publica??es da psicologia que tratam da ESCCA. Assim, este trabalho tem por objetivo realizar um estado da arte das produ??es em psicologia no Brasil (em programas de p?s-gradua??o atrav?s de teses e disserta??es - e peri?dicos da ?rea) sobre a Explora??o Sexual Comercial de Crian?as e Adolescentes. Mais especificamente se buscar? evidenciar (a) que concep??es de explora??o sexual comercial de crian?as e adolescentes os autores elencam, (b) o que visam as pesquisas e produ??es, (c) como s?o justificadas as pesquisas e tem?ticas, e (d) a que abordagens te?ricas os autores se filiam e que possibilidades metodol?gicas recorrem para o alcance do(s) objetivo(s) proposto(s) em seus trabalhos. Para tanto, foi realizado um levantamento nos principais sites indexadores (por exemplo, BVS-Psi, peri?dicos Capes, Bancos de teses e disserta??es de bibliotecas universit?rias) do material, referente ao per?odo de 1990 a 2007. Por meio de pesquisas nesses sites, foi constru?do um banco de dados, comportando informa??es referentes aos trabalhos buscados a partir de descritores espec?ficos para estudos na ?rea de vitimiza??o de crian?as e adolescentes, tendo como refer?ncia uma lista fornecida por Faleiros (2000). Ap?s leitura do resumo dos trabalhos, chegou-se ao n?mero de 25 produ??es recuperadas dentre teses, disserta??es e artigos. Para an?lise do material recorreu-se ? an?lise de conte?do tem?tica. Foram estabelecidos 2 eixos tem?ticos norteadores das an?lises: elementos conceituais da explora??o sexual comercial, e estrat?gias te?rico-metodol?gicas empregadas. Os eixos t?m como refer?ncia para an?lise cap?tulo constru?do acerca do conceito de explora??o sexual comercial, de forma que todas as an?lises se ancoraram neste. As an?lises apontam para a exist?ncia, ainda forte, de confus?o conceitual e terminol?gica acerca da ESCCA. Poucos trabalhos n?o apresentam essa confus?o, mantendo um percurso te?rico consistente. Em rela??o ?s estrat?gias te?ricometodol?gicas h? uma grande diversidade de abordagens na psicologia cercando o fen?meno da ESCCA, enriquecendo os patamares de a??o e compreens?o. Tal diversidade reflete a heterogeneidade constitutiva da ci?ncia psicol?gica. Destacamos a perspectiva da Psicologia s?cio-hist?rica, com maior freq??ncia dentre os referencias que comparecem. Espera-se que essa pesquisa ajude no avan?o qualitativo de abordagem ? ESCCA, principalmente no campo da Psicologia, al?m de contribuir para novas pesquisas na ?rea e constru??o de novas pr?ticas de enfrentamento dessa viola??o de direitos humanos

This thesis interrogates García Márquez’s representations of sexualities in the following selected novels: Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981); The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975); One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967); The Sad and Incredible Tale of Innocent Erendira and her Heartless Grandmother (1972); and Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2004). It is argued here that García Márquez’s employment of the sexuality motif enables him to delve into many worldwide current concerns such as the irrelevance of some socio-cultural sexual practices; commercial sexual exploitation of children; the different manifestations of prostitution; and female powerlessness under autocratic rule. Earlier literary critics have tended to narrowly interpret García Márquez’s employment of the sexuality motif as just a metaphor for colonial exploitation of the colonised. The study also explores the writer’s artistic role and concludes that García Márquez speaks against commercial sexual exploitation of children as he concurrently speaks on behalf of children so exploited. Similarly, the writer speaks on behalf of prostituted womanhood by showing how prostitutional gains do not seem to cascade down to the prostitutes themselves. García Márquez also invests female sexual passivity as a coping mechanism against a dictator’s limitless power over the life and death of his citizens. However, the writer also constructs female agency that grows from the rejection of an initial victimhood to develop into an extremely flawed and corrupt flesh trade that co-opts and indentures children into sex work with impunity. Thus the study breaks new ground to show that García Márquez’s representations of different sexualities are not merely soft porn masquerading as art. His is a voice added to the worldwide concerns over commercial sexual exploitation of children in the main and also the recovery of a self-reliant female self-hood that was previously inextricably bound to male sexual norms. Quite clearly, García Márquez demonstrates that female prostitution is driven by a lack of social safety nets, a lack of other economically viable options and also a distinct lack of educational opportunities for female economic independence, hence the flawed female agency. / English Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (English)

Increasing tourism numbers in third world countries affect their economies and certain aspects of their society positively; however, there are concomitant negative effects that expose the dark side of the tourism industry. One of these is the escalating commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), particularly child prostitution (CP) in the context of tourism, a phenomenon known as child sex tourism (CST). Although tourism plays an important role in creating the perfect storm of poverty-stricken children colliding with wealthy tourists, it is not solely responsible for this phenomenon. Internationally and nationally, the lacuna of knowledge on CST in particular hampers an informed response by way of resource allocation and coordinated service delivery to both victims and perpetrators. Utilising a qualitative research approach, and the collective case study and phenomenological research designs complemented by an explorative, descriptive and contextual strategy of inquiry, the researcher explored the status of the knowledge of and response to the CSEC through the lens of closely associated role players, who were purposively selected for inclusion in the study. These were adult survivors who were as children engaged in sex work and victims of child sex tourism, social workers and non-social workers involved in rendering child welfare and protection services, members of the Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and representatives of the hospitality and tourism industry. Data was collected via individual in-depth semi-structured interviews, telephone interviews, and email-communication and thematically analysed. The researcher found that a range of microsystem level factors, such as poverty and family dysfunction, pushed children to the street, and as a means to survive engage in sex work, enabling tourists (i.e. local - out of towners) and foreigners, mainly men from varied sexual orientation) to commercially sexually exploit both boys and girls, from as young as nine years of age, and of different race groups, which leave them with physical and psychological scars. The following main findings surfaced: The social workers, in comparison to the non-social workers, who have a primary responsibility to provide child welfare and protection services were ill-informed in terms of identifying CST as phenomenon, untrained and/or slow to respond appropriately with interventions directed to the victims and perpetrators of CSEC. The service provider groups, as microsystems interfacing on a mesosystem, were fraught with perceptions that the social workers and the SAPS were being inadequate. Furthermore a lack of cooperation, collaboration and communication between the service provider groups to respond to CSEC existed. The hospitality and tourism industry service representatives were also ill-informed about the phenomena of CP and CST with a response that at best can be labelled as fluctuating between an indirect response to that of turning a blind-eye. From the findings, recommendations for social work practice, education and training and recommendations specific for the other closely associated role players in responding to the CSEC were forwarded. / Social Work / D.Phil. (Social Work)

Increasing tourism numbers in third world countries affect their economies and certain aspects of their society positively; however, there are concomitant negative effects that expose the dark side of the tourism industry. One of these is the escalating commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), particularly child prostitution (CP) in the context of tourism, a phenomenon known as child sex tourism (CST). Although tourism plays an important role in creating the perfect storm of poverty-stricken children colliding with wealthy tourists, it is not solely responsible for this phenomenon. Internationally and nationally, the lacuna of knowledge on CST in particular hampers an informed response by way of resource allocation and coordinated service delivery to both victims and perpetrators. Utilising a qualitative research approach, and the collective case study and phenomenological research designs complemented by an explorative, descriptive and contextual strategy of inquiry, the researcher explored the status of the knowledge of and response to the CSEC through the lens of closely associated role players, who were purposively selected for inclusion in the study. These were adult survivors who were as children engaged in sex work and victims of child sex tourism, social workers and non-social workers involved in rendering child welfare and protection services, members of the Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and representatives of the hospitality and tourism industry. Data was collected via individual in-depth semi-structured interviews, telephone interviews, and email-communication and thematically analysed. The researcher found that a range of microsystem level factors, such as poverty and family dysfunction, pushed children to the street, and as a means to survive engage in sex work, enabling tourists (i.e. local - out of towners) and foreigners, mainly men from varied sexual orientation) to commercially sexually exploit both boys and girls, from as young as nine years of age, and of different race groups, which leave them with physical and psychological scars. The following main findings surfaced: The social workers, in comparison to the non-social workers, who have a primary responsibility to provide child welfare and protection services were ill-informed in terms of identifying CST as phenomenon, untrained and/or slow to respond appropriately with interventions directed to the victims and perpetrators of CSEC. The service provider groups, as microsystems interfacing on a mesosystem, were fraught with perceptions that the social workers and the SAPS were being inadequate. Furthermore a lack of cooperation, collaboration and communication between the service provider groups to respond to CSEC existed. The hospitality and tourism industry service representatives were also ill-informed about the phenomena of CP and CST with a response that at best can be labelled as fluctuating between an indirect response to that of turning a blind-eye. From the findings, recommendations for social work practice, education and training and recommendations specific for the other closely associated role players in responding to the CSEC were forwarded. / Social Work / D. Phil. (Social Work)