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Alys Willman & Antonia Levy
Sex Work Matters [PDF ebook]
Exploring Money, Power, and Intimacy in the Sex Industry

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Sex Work Matters brings together sex workers, scholars and activists to present pioneering essays on the economics and sociology of sex work. From insights by sex workers on how they handle money, intimate relationships and daily harassment by the police, to the experience of male and transgender sex work, this fascinating and original book offers new theoretical frameworks for understanding the sex industry.The result is a vital new contribution to sex-worker rights that explores the topic in new ways, especially its cultural, economic and political dimensions. Readers weary of the sensational and often salacious treatment of the sex industry in the media and literature will find Sex Work Matters refreshing.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 289 ● ISBN 9781848134355 ● Editor Alys Willman & Antonia Levy ● Publisher Zed Books ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2423157 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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