Bibliograph

Sex work matters, exploring money, power, and intimacy in the sex industry, edited by Melissa Hope Ditmore, Antonia Levy, and Alys Willman

Type

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Sex work matters, exploring money, power, and intimacy in the sex industry, edited by Melissa Hope Ditmore, Antonia Levy, and Alys Willman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-265) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sex work matters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

430839580

Responsibility statement

edited by Melissa Hope Ditmore, Antonia Levy, and Alys Willman

Sub title

exploring money, power, and intimacy in the sex industry

Summary

'Sex Work Matters' brings sex workers, scholars and activists together to present pioneering essays on the economics and sociology of sex work

Table Of Contents

Introduction : beyond the sex in sex work / Alys Willman and Antonia Levy -- [pt.] A. Beyond divides : new frameworks for understanding the sex industry. Sex work now : what the blurring of boundaries around the sex industry means for sex work, research, and activism / Barbara G. Brents and Kathryn Hausbeck -- The (crying) need for different kinds of research / Laura Agustín -- The meaning of the 'whore' : how feminist theories on prostitution shape research on female sex workers / Juline A. Koken -- [pt.] B. Managing multiple roles. To love, honor, and strip : an investigation of exotic dancer romantic relationships / Mindy S. Bradley-Engen and Carrie M. Hobbs -- Sex and the unspoken in male street prostitution / Kerwin Kaye -- enforced ab/normalcy : the sex worker hijras and the (re)appropriation of s/he identity / Mashrur Shahid Hossain -- [pt.] C. Money and sex. Let's talk about money / Alys Willman -- Show me the money : a sex worker reflects on research into the sex industry / Jo Weldon -- Selling sex : women's participation in the sex industry / Melissa Petro -- [pt.] D. Sex work and the state. Pimping the pueblo : state-regulated commercial sex in neoliberal Mexico / Patty Kelly -- Deviant girls, small-scale entrepreneurs, and the regulation of German sex workers / Anne Dölemeyer, Rebecca Pates, and Daniel Schmidt -- Sex work, communities, and public policy in the UK / Maggie O'Neill and Jane Pitcher -- [pt.] E. Organizing beyond divides. Sex workers' rights activism in Europe : orientations from Brussels / Giulia Garofalo -- Conclusion : pushing boundaries in sex work activism and research / Melissa Hope Ditmore

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