Prostitution, harm and gender inequality : theory, research and policy
by
Coy, Maddy.
Title
:
Prostitution, harm and gender inequality : theory, research and policy
Author
:
Coy, Maddy.
ISBN
:
9781409405450
9781409405467
Publication Information
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Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2012.
Physical Description
:
xi, 207 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
General Note
:
Includes index.
Formerly CIP.
Contents
:
Machine generated contents note: 1.McSexualization of Bodies, Sex and Sexualities: Mainstreaming the Commodification of Gendered Inequalities / Marjut Jyrkinen -- 2.Means of Delivery: The Trafficking of Women into Prostitution, Harms and Human Rights Discourse / Jackie Turner -- 3.Meeting Gendered Demand: Domestic Sex Trafficking in Chicago / Jody Raphael -- 4.Beyond `Agency' and `Choice' in Theorizing Prostitution / Sheila Jeffreys -- 5.Theorizing Harm through the Sex of Prostitution / Meagan Tyler -- 6.`I Am a Person Too': Women's Accounts and Images about Body and Self in Prostitution / Maddy Coy -- 7.Troubling Notions of Male Entitlement: Men Consuming, Boasting and Confessing about Paying for Sex / Liz Kelly -- 8.Legitimizing Prostitution: Critical Reflections on Policies in Australia / Mary Lucille Sullivan -- 9.The Various `Problems' of Prostitution - A Dynamic Frame Analysis of Swedish Prostitution Policy / Josefina Erikson --
Contents note continued: 10.Selling Sex Sells: Representations of Prostitution and the Sex Industry in Sexualized Popular Culture as Symbolic Violence / Maria Garner.
Abstract
:
Through exploring gendered inequality and re-engaging with an understanding of prostitution as harmful with impacts on the self and body that are experienced as abusive but do not always constitute violence, this book introduces a range of research and thinking, while also drawing on existing literature to explore the consequences of prostitution for women in the sex industry and wider gender relations.
Subject Term
:
Prostitution.
Women -- Identity.
Sex role.
Sex discrimination.
Added Author
:
Coy, Maddy.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025569084 | 306.74 C881P 2012 | 1 |