Sex workers in the Maritimes talk back
"Sex workers are often the "objects" of study for academics and policy makers. Theories about their lives and the policies that affect their work are usually developed without input from the sex workers themselves, as they are rarely seen as capable of analyzing the social and political world in which they work." "In this book, however, sex workers set the tone. Leslie Ann Jeffrey and Gayle MacDonald interview sex workers in three Maritime cities and those who work around them: police, health-c…
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- Full title :Sex workers in the Maritimes talk back / Leslie Ann Jeffrey and Gayle MacDonald.
Summary
"Sex workers are often the "objects" of study for academics and policy makers. Theories about their lives and the policies that affect their work are usually developed without input from the sex workers themselves, as they are rarely seen as capable of analyzing the social and political world in which they work." "In this book, however, sex workers set the tone. Leslie Ann Jeffrey and Gayle MacDonald interview sex workers in three Maritime cities and those who work around them: police, health-care providers, community workers/advocates, members of neighbourhood associations, and politicians. The sex workers discuss such issues as violence and safety, health and risk, politics and policy, media influence, and public perception of the trade, portraying the best and the worst facets of their working lives and expressing sentiments refreshingly at odds with commonly held opinions."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):UBC Press
- Place of Publication:Vancouver
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 273 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0774813318, 9780774813310
- oclc:ocm70884505
- LC Classification:HQ149.M37
- Dewey Decimal:306.7409715
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