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.
Given recent Parliamentary recommendations to decriminalize prostitution, Sex Workers in the Maritimes Talk Back represents a timely shift to public discussions about sex work. Engaging and accessible, this book will be of interest to public policy practitioners, students of social and political science, community advocates, police, and sex workers and their families.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [256]-264
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 305.9/3067409715
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-nk
- ISBN
- 0774813318 9780774855211
- LCCN
- HQ149.M37
- LCCN Item number
- J43 2006eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 273 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00208545 (OCoLC)243613699 (CaOOCEL)408627
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Introduction 16
- 1 It’s the Money, Honey 33
- 2 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 77
- 3 Social Control, Policing, and Sex Work 120
- 4 The Whore Stigma and the Media 152
- 5 Whose Health? Whose Safety? 189
- 6 Sex and Politics: Responding to Sex Workers 218
- Notes 253
- Bibliography 271
- Index 280
- A 280
- B 280
- C 281
- D 281
- E 282
- F 282
- G 282
- H 282
- I 283
- J 283
- K 283
- L 283
- M 284
- N 284
- O 285
- P 285
- Q 285
- R 285
- S 286
- T 288
- U 288
- V 288
- W 288
- X 288
- Y 288
- Z 288
