ISBN:
9781351133906
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (641 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge International Handbooks Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Dewey, Susan Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Knowledge production at the interstices of research and advocacy -- Context matters -- Organization and scope of the book -- Chapter 2: Sex industry research: key theories, methods, and challenges -- Introduction -- Theories -- Methods -- Confronting and overcoming challenges -- References -- PART I: The research enterprise -- Chapter 3: The research enterprise: an introduction -- Introduction -- Key themes in existing literature -- Chapter overview -- Future directions -- References -- Chapter 4: Selective vision: how disciplinary frames, funding streams, and social policy shape research on sex work -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Redesigning the study of sex work: a case for intersectionality and reflexivity -- Introduction -- Project background -- Dominant trafficking narratives: ideology, research, and policy -- Reflexivity and intersectionality in research design -- Reflexivity and intersectionality in data collection and analysis -- Policy recommendations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: First-person singular(s): teasing out multiple meanings in sex work autobiographies -- Introduction -- Laying out the bones: structure and technique in the autobiographies -- Adding flesh to the bones: analyzing the autobiographies -- Sheila's gift: communication, power, and a subjectivity of her own -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: "Sisters of the night": ethical and practical challenges in researching prostitution among minors in Ghana -- Introduction -- The study context -- Ethical challenges -- Socio-demographic characteristics of the prostituted minors -- Practical challenges -- Implications and conclusion -- Acknowledgment
Abstract:
Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: An action research project with sex worker peer educators in Lisbon, Portugal: collaboration as a key issue for empowerment -- Introduction -- Action research and participatory methodology in sex work research -- The Peer Education Project with Sex Workers (PREVIH) -- Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: Researchers and gatekeepers in participatory action research in Japan's sex industry -- Introduction -- The law's impact on sex work -- Participatory action research in the sex industry -- Conclusion: 'failure' as knowledge towards useful policy and practice -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Socio-legal practices -- Chapter 10: Socio-legal practices: an introduction -- Introduction -- Key themes in existing literature -- Chapter overview -- Future directions -- References -- Chapter 11: Understanding prostitution policy: the challenges to regulating prostitution and how to harness them -- Introduction: the enduring entanglement of prostitution and the state -- Themes in the analysis of prostitution policy -- Challenges to prostitution policy -- Breaking through the contain-and-control cycle: towards collaborative governance in prostitution policy -- Note -- References -- Chapter 12: Red-light districts in three Belgian cities -- Introduction -- Indoor red-light districts -- Study sites and research methods -- Commonalities across red-light districts -- Key differences across the three districts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13: Sex worker rights activism and the decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand -- Introduction -- The New Zealand context -- Sex worker organising in New Zealand -- The campaign for decriminalisation -- The Prostitution Reform Act -- Sex worker organising in a decriminalised context -- Why is New Zealand different? -- Conclusion -- References
Abstract:
Chapter 14: Sex work and the socio-legal space in Nigeria: an update -- Introduction -- The colonial roots of sex work in Nigeria -- Regulation of sex work in colonial Nigeria -- Sex work in contemporary Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: "Bridge over troubled water": what sex workers face while embarking on new paths and what helps them leave prostitution in Germany -- Introduction -- Framing data and research on exiting prostitution -- Methodology and study sample -- Findings: the process of leaving prostitution -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 16: Exploring resilience among female sex workers in Johannesburg -- Introduction -- Resilience in sex work -- Challenges faced by Johannesburg sex workers -- Factors contributing to sex workers' resilience -- Building on sex workers' strengths to foster resilience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART III: Global knowledge flows -- Chapter 17: Global knowledge flows: an introduction -- Introduction -- Key themes in existing literature -- Chapter overview -- Future directions -- References -- Chapter 18: Globally circulating discourses on the sex industry: a focus on three world regions -- Introduction -- The Americas -- Europe -- Africa -- Concluding thoughts -- References -- Chapter 19: Sex trafficking as desaparición [disappearance]: vernacularised human rights discourses in the Argentine anti-trafficking campaign -- Introduction -- The anti-trafficking movement in Argentina: competing symbols and narratives -- The trafficking-disappearance narrative: the "desaparecidas en democracia" -- "Disappearance" and the trafficking of innocence -- Final reflections -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20: Beyond dichotomies: exploring responses to tackling the sex industry in Nepal -- Introduction -- Sex work in Nepal -- Findings -- Conclusion -- References
Abstract:
Chapter 21: "Something about us for us": exploring ways of making research with sex workers in South Africa -- Introduction -- Evolution of Izwi Lethu -- Ethical considerations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 22: We need to talk about youth prostitution: a story about the demise of youth prostitution in England and Wales -- Introduction -- Setting the scene: from the nuisance of visibility to concerns about vulnerability and victimisation -- Constructing the problem of childhood sexual exploitation -- Rendering youth prostitution unspeakable: a crisis of legitimacy in public institutions and child abuse -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 23: The garotos from Brazil: xenophobia and the sex trafficking of men -- Introduction -- The case at hand -- Seeing trafficking -- Basic economics -- Ambulation and prostitution -- References -- Chapter 24: Re-assembling the feminist war machine: state, feminisms and sex workers in Russia -- Introduction -- War machine and the state feminism -- The neo-abolitionist project and its bedfellow -- Multitude of sex workers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART IV: Families and intimate relationships -- Chapter 25: Families and intimate relationships: an introduction -- Introduction -- Key themes in existing literature -- Chapter overview -- Future directions -- References -- Chapter 26: Understanding the strengths, challenges, and strategies of navigating work life and personal life among sex workers -- Introduction -- Beyond work-family border theory -- Work-life boundaries in the sex industry -- Methodology -- Managing work-life boundaries -- Concluding thoughts -- References -- Chapter 27: From clients to "friends" or "lovers": Latin American sex workers coping with the economic crisis in Spain -- Introduction -- Sex work and economic crises -- Changes in intimate relations
Abstract:
Fractures in kinship relationships -- Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 28: Money talks? Secrecy and money management in the family affective bonds of women who perform sex commerce in Argentina -- Introduction -- All in the family: sex and silence -- How much does it cost to keep a secret? -- Pillow talk? -- (Ab)negation and guilt: all for them (but secretly) -- Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 29: The presence and absence of sex workers' mothering -- Introduction -- Transnational mothering and familial care -- The Danish migration and prostitution regimes -- Khem: physical distance and emotional presence -- Nee: physical presence and emotional absence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 30: Bridging tourism and prostitution through intimacy: gay men's sex tourism in Bangkok -- Introduction -- The genealogy of gay men's sex tourism -- The 'authentic intimacy' in sex work/tourism -- Intersecting desire for authenticity of intimacy/place -- Going back to the hometown: misinterpreting intimacy -- Instrumentalising intimacy to approach the authenticity of the place -- Conclusion -- References -- PART V: Clients -- Chapter 31: Clients: an introduction -- Introduction -- Key themes in existing literature -- Chapter overview -- Future directions -- References -- Chapter 32: Men in brothels: (homo)sexuality in Rio de Janeiro's commercial sexual venues -- Introduction -- Scenes from the field -- (Homo)sexuality -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 33: The characteristics and motivations of women who buy sex in Australia -- Introduction -- What is considered 'buying sex'? -- Services procured -- Motivations to buy sex -- Barriers to buying sex -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 34: The "john": our new folk devil -- Introduction -- The End Demand campaign -- Image and reality -- The image as juggernaut
Abstract:
Coercion and poverty
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