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OverviewIn the early 1970s, while living at home with her conservative middle-class family and studying at the University of São Paulo, Gabriela Leite decided to become a sex worker. From her first client in a tiny room in downtown São Paulo to the launch of an exuberant clothing line designed for sex workers in Rio de Janeiro thirty years later, Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Whore tells the fascinating story of Leite’s bold and unique life in her own words. After helping to organize Brazil’s first protests by sex workers against police brutality, she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she quickly became ensconced in the city’s storied red-light district. From there, Leite built a national network of politicized sex workers, worked for HIV/AIDS prevention, and participated in Brazil’s robust new civil society after its return to democracy in 1985 following a twenty-one-year military dictatorship. Insistent on advocating for the sex worker’s comprehensive human rights, Leite pioneered an irreverent grassroots Latin American feminism, which critiqued moral hypocrisies and Christian conservatism while affirming pleasure, joy, and agency. Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Whore also includes a foreword by artist and activist Carol Leigh. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gabriela Leite , Meg WeeksPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.572kg ISBN: 9781478026273ISBN 10: 1478026278 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 20 September 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword / Carol Leigh Translator’s Note / Meg Weeks Acknowledgments / Laura Murray, Esther Teixeira, and Meg Weeks Introduction / Laura Murray, Esther Teixeira, and Meg Weeks Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Whore: The Story of a Woman Who Decided to be a Puta The Greatest Lesson The Whore’s First Commandment Second Commandment Third Commandment Fourth Commandment Fifth Commandment Sixth Commandment Eighth Commandment Ninth Commandment Tenth Commandment Appendix: Suggested Further Reading Contributor Biographies IndexReviews"""Amidst a backdrop of hemispheric social movements, this skillfully framed life volume unveils the potent life narrative of an international icon of the sex worker movement. With unfiltered candor, Gabriela Leite shares her intimate lessons in life and politics, delivering an unflinching message of solidarity and resistance for new generations of sexual rights activists.""--Juana María Rodríguez, author of ""Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex""" “Amid a tempest of hemispheric social movements, this skillfully framed volume unveils the potent life narrative of an international icon of the sex worker's movement. With unfiltered candor, Gabriela Leite shares her intimate lessons in life and politics, delivering an unflinching message of solidarity and resistance for new generations of sexual rights activists.” -- Juana María Rodríguez, author of * Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex * “Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Whore is an expertly rendered and deeply important work. Gabriela Leite was a lioness in the history of the global sex workers’ rights movement. Activists all over the world know who she is and will welcome this autobiography. It can also be taught for various classes in social justice activism, gender and sexuality studies, sociology, anthropology, and public health.” -- Gregory Mitchell, author of * Panics without Borders: How Global Sporting Events Drive Myths about Sex Trafficking * Author InformationGabriela Leite (1951–2013) was a sex worker, activist, and organizer and the founder of Brazil’s sex worker's movement. Meg Weeks is Assistant Professor at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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