
Prostitutes and Their Rescuers
Sociological Dynamics and Public Controversies in French Prostitution
Lilian Mathieu(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 16. February 2023
Book
Hardback
188 pages
978-90-04-54005-7 (ISBN)
Description
Few sociological subjects excite so much passion - and fantasies - as prostitution. Relying on a thirty year-long study of the French case, Lilian Mathieu offers an objective and comprehensive account of prostitution realities, first by analyzing the sex market as a social world with its own rules, hierarchies, and vulnerabilities, but also by stressing how prostitutes' practice and living conditions are framed and shaped by moral campaigns, public controversies, and state policies. By doing so, the book offers a new understanding of how the "deviant" and "normal" worlds interact and transform sexual norms.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-54005-7 (9789004540057)
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Person
Lilian Mathieu is senior researcher in sociology at the French National Center for Scientific Research (Centre Max Weber--Ecole normale superieure in Lyon). A specialist in qualitative methods, he has conducted many studies to prostitution and social movements.