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

Publication Info. London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.74 S518SW    Check Shelf
Description xi, 275 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-265) and index.
Contents Introduction. Beyond the sex in sex work / Alys Willman and Antonia Levy -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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, Daniel Schmidt -- Sex work, communities, and public policy in the UK / Maggie O'Neill and Jane Pitcher -- 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 Ditmore.
Subject Prostitution -- Social aspects.
Sex industry -- Social aspects.
Prostitutes -- Social conditions.
Added Author Ditmore, Melissa Hope.
Levy, Antonia.
Willman, Alys.
ISBN 9781848134348 paperback
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