"This ambitious ethno-graphic novel generates alternative representations of sex tourism beyond sensational media accounts, putting faces, bodies, and voices to the categories of ‘sex worker’ and ‘sex tourist’ that help dispel some of the most durable stereotypes lingering in the public imagination. The gringo love stories are wonderfully complex. They leave the reader feeling a sense of intimacy with the dreams, desires, and dilemmas of people we may never meet, while opening up the possibility that sex tourism in general is much more complex than imagined."

"An extraordinary synthesis of the stories of women striving for better lives in the intimate economy of Ponta Negra, the foreign men they encounter, and the misguided interventions by state and NGO campaigns against sex tourism before and after the 2014 Rio Olympics. This graphic novel skillfully exposes the complexity of doing anthropological research – maintaining relations with people in the field, writing fieldnotes, as well as deep reflections about the inequalities between researcher and the researched. The discussion questions, appendixes, and further reading suggestions will make Gringo Love a must-have for any college course on gender and sexuality, sex work, and globalization!"

"This text affirms everything we know about the power of ethnography and comic- and arts-based research: It is more than just an ‘illustrated’ ethnography—it’s a work that transforms and transports the reader using the power of the graphic novel and its attendant processes to bring emotional engagement to the surface. Carrier-Moisan’s keen analyses carefully illuminate and amplify participant stories, and the graphic novel presentation turns up the volume on a deeply affecting ethnography, giving the reader a gloveless punch to the gut. Outstanding."