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May-Len Skilbrei, Marlene Spanger - Understanding Sex for Sale, Inbunden

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Understanding Sex for Sale

Meanings and Moralities of Sexual Commerce

Av May-Len Skilbrei, Marlene Spanger

Del i serien Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale

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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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May-Len Skilbrei is Professor in Criminology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She works within the fields of criminology, gender studies, and sociology of law, and does research on the formulation and implementation of legislation and welfare policies on commercial sex and human trafficking nationally and regionally (the Nordic region), as well as on criminal justice approaches to sexual violence. She has published broadly on these topics.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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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 saleBarbara Brents, Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USAThis 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

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