Feminists have long differed in their view of prostitution. While some regard it as a classic form of exploitation and degradation, others offer a more sympathetic interpretation of women's involvement in the sex industry. In this important new book, Maggie O'Neill seeks to expl…
Maggie O'Neill seeks to explore the theoretical debates on prostitution and the relevance of these to the every-day lived experiences of women working on the streets. She sheds light on the various socio-economic processes and structures which lead women into prostitution.
Maggie O'Neill seeks to explore the theoretical debates on prostitution and the relevance of these to the every-day lived experiences of women working on the streets. She sheds light on the various socio-economic processes and structures which lead women into prostitution.
The sex industry is an endless source of prurient drama for the mainstream media. Recent years have seen a panic over "online red-light districts," which supposedly seduce vulnerable young women into a life of degradation, and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's live twe…
"Sex work and conditions within the sex industry are frequent topics of discussion in mainstream culture and media, but rarely do these discussions include sex workers themselves, and rarely do they deviate from the position that sex workers must be saved from their evil industr…
Sex work and conditions within the sex industry are frequent topics of discussion in mainstream culture and media, but rarely do these discussions include sex workers themselves, and rarely do they deviate from the position that sex workers must be saved from their evil industry…
"Aspirations, desires, opportunism and exploitation are fundamental elements of the ways in which donor-driven development intervenes in the lives of people in poor countries. Alongside structural and material interventions, emotional engagements are central to processes of soci…
"Aspirations, desires, opportunism and exploitation are fundamental elements of the ways in which donor-driven development intervenes in the lives of people in poor countries. Alongside structural and material interventions, emotional engagements are central to processes of soci…
"Aspirations, desires, opportunism and exploitation are fundamental elements of the ways in which donor-driven development intervenes in the lives of people in poor countries. Alongside structural and material interventions, emotional engagements are central to processes of soci…
How resources are being used to fund the community response to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is of considerable interest to the donor community and governments. In the past decade, international funding for the HIV and AIDS res…
"Chapters in this book offer critically valuable scholarship grounded in anti-racist perspectives illuminating the historical and contemporary racial mechanisms within global anti-trafficking discourses and practices. Topics converge and intersect with gender, citizenship, sexua…
"Chapters in this book offer critically valuable scholarship grounded in anti-racist perspectives illuminating the historical and contemporary racial mechanisms within global anti-trafficking discourses and practices. Topics converge and intersect with gender, citizenship, sexua…
