
Sex Work
Rethinking the Job, Respecting the Workers
University of British Columbia Press
Will be published approx. on 18. September 2013
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-7748-2611-2 (ISBN)
Description
In the early twentieth century, abolitionists sought to stamp out sex work by penalizing all involved. In the generation that followed, neo-abolitionists looked at the sex industry from a feminist perspective, claiming that workers were victims caught in a patriarchal matrix. Yet both agreed that sex work was a destructive and corrupting force that should be eliminated.
In this lucid and fearless volume, five academics and activists convey their vision of prostitution as work, albeit stigmatized and marginalized labour. In chapters that consider the nature of sex work, the legal framework that seeks to control the sex industry, the historical debates over its existence, the spectre of human trafficking, and community-based activism from within the industry, the authors assert the central place of sex workers in discussions about their lives and work. This book opposes discourses that position sex workers as victims without agency.
In this lucid and fearless volume, five academics and activists convey their vision of prostitution as work, albeit stigmatized and marginalized labour. In chapters that consider the nature of sex work, the legal framework that seeks to control the sex industry, the historical debates over its existence, the spectre of human trafficking, and community-based activism from within the industry, the authors assert the central place of sex workers in discussions about their lives and work. This book opposes discourses that position sex workers as victims without agency.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-2611-2 (9780774826112)
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Persons
Colette Parent is a professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. Chris Bruckert and Patrice Corriveau are associate professors in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. Maria Nengeh Mensah is a professor at the Ecole de travail social and the Institut de recherches et d'etudes feministes at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Louise Toupin is an independent researcher and lecturer on feminist studies in the Department of Political Science at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Kaethe Roth has been a literary translator, working mainly in historical non-fiction, for more than twenty years.
Author
Translation
Content
Introduction / Colette Parent, Chris Bruckert, Patrice Corriveau, Maria Nengeh Mensah, and Louise Toupin
1 The Current Debate on Sex Work / Colette Parent and Chris Bruckert
2 Regulating Sex Work: Between Victimization and Freedom to Choose / Patrice Corriveau
3 The Work of Sex Work / Chris Bruckert and Colette Parent
4 The Idea of Community and Collective Action: Reflections on Forum XXX / Maria Nengeh Mensah
5 Clandestine Migrations by Women and the Risk of Trafficking / Louise Toupin
Index
1 The Current Debate on Sex Work / Colette Parent and Chris Bruckert
2 Regulating Sex Work: Between Victimization and Freedom to Choose / Patrice Corriveau
3 The Work of Sex Work / Chris Bruckert and Colette Parent
4 The Idea of Community and Collective Action: Reflections on Forum XXX / Maria Nengeh Mensah
5 Clandestine Migrations by Women and the Risk of Trafficking / Louise Toupin
Index