
Sex-Work, Prostitution and Policy
A Feminist Discourse Analysis
Rebecca MF Hewer(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 5. August 2021
Book
Hardback
XI, 292 pages
978-3-030-74953-8 (ISBN)
Description
The topic of sex-work/prostitution has long generated contentious debate, particularly within the broad church of feminism. This antagonism is reflected in UK policy debates, which are further complicated by their enactment in spaces of neoliberal hegemony.
This book analyses the plurality of narratives which contribute to Westminster sex-work/prostitution policy debates and subsequently seeks to situate them within the social and political conditions of their production. Hewer illustrates that contemporary sex-work/prostitution debates are constituted through a complex entanglement of ideologically hybrid perspectives, which variously challenge and ingrain extant relations of power. Moreover, by drawing on a range of feminist and other critical social theories, Hewer offers a way to think differently about both sex-work/prostitution debates and sex-work/prostitution itself.
The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students from across the social sciences with an interest in the language used to talk about sex-work and prostitution in policy debates.
This book analyses the plurality of narratives which contribute to Westminster sex-work/prostitution policy debates and subsequently seeks to situate them within the social and political conditions of their production. Hewer illustrates that contemporary sex-work/prostitution debates are constituted through a complex entanglement of ideologically hybrid perspectives, which variously challenge and ingrain extant relations of power. Moreover, by drawing on a range of feminist and other critical social theories, Hewer offers a way to think differently about both sex-work/prostitution debates and sex-work/prostitution itself.
The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students from across the social sciences with an interest in the language used to talk about sex-work and prostitution in policy debates.
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Series
Edition
2021 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
XI, 292 p. 1 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-74953-8 (9783030749538)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-74954-5
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Person
Rebecca MF Hewer
is a Chancellor's Fellow in Sociology in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research explores the socio-legal regulation of (women's) bodies, policy, the politics of knowledge production, and discourse.
Content
Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: Vulnerability: Floating Signifiers & Transcending Polarities.- Chapter Three: Subjectivity, Responsibility and Choice.- Chapter Four: The Multiple Logics of Gender.- Chapter Five: The Language of Violence.- Chapter 6: Concluding Thoughts.