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Overview“Our voices scrubbed out and forgotten. There are those who research and write about sex workers who often forget we are human.” —Amy Lebovitch Shawna Ferris gives a voice to sex workers who are often pushed to the background, even by those who fight for them. In the name of urban safety and orderliness, street sex workers face stigma, racism, and ignorance. Their human rights are ignored, and some even lose their lives. Ferris aims to reveal the cultural dimensions of this discrimination through literary and art-critical theory, legal and sociological research, and activist intervention. Canadian cities are striving for high safety ratings by eliminating crime, which includes “cleaning” urban areas of the street sex industry. Ironically, sex workers also want to live and work in a safe environment. Ferris questions these sanitizing political agendas, reviews exclusionary legislative and police initiatives, and examines media representations of sex workers. This book has much to offer to educators and activists, sex workers and anti-violence organizations, and academics studying women, cultural, gender, or indigenous issues. Foreword by Amy Lebovitch. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Shawna Ferris , Amy LebovitchPublisher: University of Alberta Press Imprint: University of Alberta Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.400kg ISBN: 9781772120059ISBN 10: 1772120057 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 10 February 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsForeword by Amy Lebovitch Acknowledgements Introduction 1 | City/Whore Synecdoche and the Case of Vancouver’s Missing Women 2 | Anti-Prostitution Reporting, Policing, and Activism in Canada’s Global Cities 3 | Technologies of Resistance: Sex Worker Activism Online 4 | Agency and Aboriginality in Street-Involved or Survival Sex Work in Canada Conclusion Appendices Notes Works Cited IndexReviews"""'Why did the murder of 14 white, educated women at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989 inspire parliamentary outrage and a legislative response from the Department of Justice, while the 'disappearance' of 65 poor, mainly Aboriginal women in Vancouver was treated as a police matter?.. Canada tolerates no capital punishment but has been oddly indifferent to the death penalty meted out to 'missing' women, Ferris writes... Street Sex Work shocks. It is also insightful and dark and worthwhile for any reader who is not afraid to dive in the deep end."" [Full review at https://www.blacklocks.ca/review-shocking] -- Holly Doan Blacklock's Reporter" 'Why did the murder of 14 white, educated women at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989 inspire parliamentary outrage and a legislative response from the Department of Justice, while the 'disappearance' of 65 poor, mainly Aboriginal women in Vancouver was treated as a police matter?.. Canada tolerates no capital punishment but has been oddly indifferent to the death penalty meted out to 'missing' women, Ferris writes... Street Sex Work shocks. It is also insightful and dark and worthwhile for any reader who is not afraid to dive in the deep end. [Full review athttps://www.blacklocks.ca/review-shocking] -- Holly Doan Blacklock's Reporter Author InformationShawna Ferris is Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba. She teaches and researches in the areas of sex work/prostitution studies, critical race studies, and violence against women, with an emphasis on representation and resistance. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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