The prostitution prism

Author: Gail Pheterson
ISBN: 9053561765

This collection of essays spans ten years (1984-94) of theoretical and activist work on prostitution and offers a critique of "prostitute" and "prostitution." That critique touches on issues of migration, the right to asylum, street kids, and -- especially crucial to the volume -- the stigma attached to being a "whore" as an official and traditional mechanism of social control.

Publisher: Amsterdam Univ. Press
Publish Date: 1996-06-01

Subjects: Feminist theory, Prostitution, Sex role, Social Science / General, Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Sex Work)