Sex work : rethinking the job, respecting the workers /
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| Uniform title: | Mais oui c'est un travail! English. |
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| Imprint: | Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2013] ©2013 |
| Description: | x, 147 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sexuality studies series Sexuality studies series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9751417 |
| Summary: | <p>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.</p> 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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| Item Description: | Translation of: Mais oui c'est un travail! |
| Physical Description: | x, 147 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774826112 0774826118 9780774826129 0774826126 |
