"Our voices scrubbed out and forgotten. There are those who research and write about sex workers who often forget we are human."--Amy Lebovitch Shawna Ferris gives a voice to sex workers who are often pushed to the background, even by those who fight for them. In the name of urb…
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Canadian cities are striving for high safety ratings by eliminating crime, which includes "cleaning" urban areas of the street sex industry. Ironically, those same sex workers also want to live and work in a safe environment. Shawna Ferris interrogates sanitizing political agend…
De-stigmatization of sex work encourages efforts toward legal changes to create safe communities for all.
"Este libro explica los cambios que ha experimentado la prostitución en las últimas décadas. El viejo mundo de la prostitución era un conjunto de negocios casi artesanales sin apenas impacto económico. El nuevo canon es una industria global, interconectada, con un modo de funcio…
'The Subject of Prostitution' offers a distinctive analysis of the links between prostitution and social theory in order to advance a critical analysis of the relationship of law to sex/work.
Prostitution and pornography are linked with racism and male dominance as well as with imperialism, militarism (including torture) and global corporate culture. The result is devastating harm for women and children within these industries. Subjected to physical and psychological…
