Sex Work Now: What the Blurring Boundaries around the Sex Industry Mean for Sex Work, Research and Activism

Editors

Melissa Hope Ditmore; Antonia Levy; Alys Willman

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

4-22-2010

Publication Title

Sex Work Matters: Power and Intimacy in the Sex Industry

Publisher

Zed Books

Publisher Location

London

Abstract

Sex Work Matters brings together sex workers, scholars and activists to present pioneering essays on the economics and sociology of sex work. From insights by sex workers on how they handle money, intimate relationships and daily harassment by the police, to the experience of male and transgender sex work, this fascinating and original book offers new theoretical frameworks for understanding the sex industry.

The result is a vital new contribution to sex-worker rights that explores the topic in new ways, especially its cultural, economic and political dimensions. Readers weary of the sensational and often salacious treatment of the sex industry in the media and literature will find Sex Work Matters refreshing.

Keywords

Male prostitutes; Male prostitution; Prostitutes; Prostitutes--Crimes against; Prostitutes--Social conditions; Prostitution; Sex-oriented businesses; Transgender people; Women's studies

Disciplines

Community-Based Research | Criminal Law | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Gender and Sexuality | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Sociology | Women's Studies

Language

English

Permissions

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