Understanding Sex for Sale: Meanings and Moralities of Sexual Commerce

Author:   May-Len Skilbrei ,  Marlene Spanger
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367431839


Pages:   218
Publication Date:   14 January 2020
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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.

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Author:   May-Len Skilbrei ,  Marlene Spanger
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.344kg
ISBN:  

9780367431839


ISBN 10:   0367431831
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   14 January 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Speaking about sex for sale historically, spatially and politically Part I: Historically speaking May-Len Skilbrei and Marlene Spanger Chapter 2 What’s the problem with prostitution? Shifting problematisations of men and women selling sex Jens Rydström Chapter 3 Surveillance of dangerous liaisons through notions of sex and money Marlene Spanger Chapter 4 The production and transformation of prostitution spaces: The red light district of Catania Patrizia Testaí Part II: Speaking from experience Chapter 5 Intensive mothering as cultural script: Boundary setting among street-involved women Kyria Brown, Susan Dewey, and Treena Orchard Chapter 6 Beyond the client: Exploring men's sexual scripting Chiara Bertone and Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto Chapter 7 The Intimate Bazaar of Female Sex Tourism Marie Bruvik Heinskou Chapter 8 A ‘continuum of sexual economic exchanges’ or ‘weak agency’? Female migrant sex work in Switzerland Milena Chimienti and Marylène Lieber Chapter 9 The Fluidity of a ‘Happy Ending’: Chinese masseuses in the Netherlands Marie-Louise Janssen Chapter 10 The 'Normal' and the 'Other' Woman of Prostitution Policy Debates: New Concerns and Solutions May-Len Skilbrei Chapter 11 The gender of trafficking, or why can’t men be sex slaves? Kerwin Kaye Part III: Speaking about control Chapter 12 Spatial Justice: how the police craft the city by enforcing law on prostitution Alexander Kondakov

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Digging under the common misperceptions that inform our unease with sex and money, Skilbrei and Spanger's collection rethinks scholarly theory and provides practical tools for policy makers, scholars and activists in addressing sex for sale Barbara Brents, Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA This book is a must read. As a collection, it offers something unique, scholarly and very original. It shows the multiplicity of meanings, all contextually bound, ascribed to prostitution. Essential reading for scholars, campaigners, students and researchers. Jo Phoenix, Professor in Criminology, Open University, UK


Digging under the common misperceptions that inform our unease with sex and money, Skilbrei and Spanger's collection rethinks scholarly theory and provides practical tools for policy makers, scholars and activists in addressing sex for sale Barbara Brents, Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA This book is a must read. As a collection, it offers something unique, scholarly and very original. It shows the multiplicity of meanings, all contextually bound, ascribed to prostitution. Essential reading for scholars, campaigners, students and researchers. Jo Phoenix, Professor in Criminology, Open University, UK


Author Information

May-Len Skilbrei is Professor at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway. Skilbrei has researched prostitution and prostitution policies since the mid-1990s. In the last ten years she has been involved in research on human trafficking, migration and gender, and has published articles in Crime & Justice, Women & Criminal Justice, Sexuality Research & Social Policy, Ethnos and British Journal of Criminology. Marlene Spanger is Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. Spanger’s research fields include ethnographic fieldwork and discursive formations within the policy fields of prostitution and human trafficking, transnational intimacies and migration with a special attention to gender, sexual and racial issues.

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