TY - BOOK
T1 - Understanding Sex for Sale
T2 - Meanings and Moralities of Sexual Commerce
A2 - Skillbrei, May-Len
A2 - Spanger, Marlene
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 selection and editorial matter, May-Len Skilbrei and Marlene Spanger; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The problem of prostitution, sex work or sex for sale can often be misunderstood, if we do not take into consideration its spatial, temporal and political context. Understanding Sex for Sale aims to understand how prostitution, sex work or sex for sale are delineated, contested and understood in different spaces, places and times; with a particular focus on identifying how the relation between sex and money is interpreted and enacted. Divided into three parts, this interdisciplinary volume offers contributions that discuss ongoing theoretical issues and analytical challenges. Some chapters focus on how prostitution, sex work, or sex for sale have been regulated by the authorities and on the understandings that regulations are built upon. Other chapters investigate the experiences of sex workers and sex buyers, examining how these actors adjust to or resist the categorisation processes, control and stigma they are subjected to. Finally, a third group of chapters discuss contemporary definitional issues produced by various actors tasked with controlling prostitution or offering social services to its participants. Advancing and placing analytical tools at the forefront of the discussion, Understanding Sex for Sale appeals to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers interested in fields such as, sociology, anthropology, criminology, history, human geography and gender studies.
AB - The problem of prostitution, sex work or sex for sale can often be misunderstood, if we do not take into consideration its spatial, temporal and political context. Understanding Sex for Sale aims to understand how prostitution, sex work or sex for sale are delineated, contested and understood in different spaces, places and times; with a particular focus on identifying how the relation between sex and money is interpreted and enacted. Divided into three parts, this interdisciplinary volume offers contributions that discuss ongoing theoretical issues and analytical challenges. Some chapters focus on how prostitution, sex work, or sex for sale have been regulated by the authorities and on the understandings that regulations are built upon. Other chapters investigate the experiences of sex workers and sex buyers, examining how these actors adjust to or resist the categorisation processes, control and stigma they are subjected to. Finally, a third group of chapters discuss contemporary definitional issues produced by various actors tasked with controlling prostitution or offering social services to its participants. Advancing and placing analytical tools at the forefront of the discussion, Understanding Sex for Sale appeals to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers interested in fields such as, sociology, anthropology, criminology, history, human geography and gender studies.
KW - sex for sale
KW - prostitution
KW - money
KW - sex work
KW - migration
KW - cultural studies
KW - governmentality
KW - racialisation
KW - urban space
KW - Ethnography work
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-Sex-for-Sale-Meanings-and-Moralities-of-Sexual-Commerce/Skilbrei-Spanger/p/book/9781138092969
U2 - 10.4324/9781315107172
DO - 10.4324/9781315107172
M3 - Anthology
AN - SCOPUS:85108748213
SN - 9781138092969
T3 - Interdisciplinary studies in sex for sale
BT - Understanding Sex for Sale
PB - Routledge
CY - Oxon
ER -