Description |
viii, 232 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Pt. I. Dimensions of Diversity. 1. Power, Consent and Freedom. 2. Patterns of Pimping. 3. Independent Street Prostitution. 4. Independent Prostitution and Tourism. 5. Power and Freedom at the Apex of the Prostitution Hierarchy -- Pt. II. Prostitution and the Eroticization of Social Death. 6. Narratives of Power and Exclusion. 7. Eroticizing Prostitute Use. 8. Through Western Eyes: Honour, Gender and Prostitute Use. 9. Diversity, Dialectics and Politics |
Summary |
This text offers perspectives on prostitution based on wide-ranging research in nine countries and extensive work with prostitute users |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [215]-224 |
Subject |
Brothels.
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Prostitutes -- Attitudes.
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Prostitutes -- Case studies.
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Prostitution.
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Sex-oriented businesses.
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Sex tourism.
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ISBN |
0745617395 |
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0745617409 (paperback) |
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