Sex Work Matters Exploring Money, Power and Intimacy in the Sex Industry

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Sex Work Matters brings together sex workers, scholars and activists to present pioneering essays on the economics and sociology of sex work.

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Introduccion: Beyond the Sex in Sex Work	p. 1
Beyond Divides: New Frameworks for Understanding the Sex Industry	p. 7
Sex Work Now: What the Blurring of Boundaries around the Sex Industry Means for Sex Work, Research, and Activism	p. 9
The (Crying) Need for Different Kinds of Research	p. 23
The Meaning of the 'Whore': How Feminist Theories on Prostitution Shape Research on Female Sex Workers	p. 28
Managing Multiple Roles	p. 65
To Love, Honor, and Strip: An Investigation of Exotic Dancer Romantic Relationships	p. 67
Sex and the Unspoken in Male Street Prostitution	p. 85
enforced ab/normalcy, the sex worker hijras and the (re)appropriation of s/he identity	p. 117
Money and Sex	p. 141
Let's Talk About Money	p. 143
Show Me the Money: A Sex Worker Reflects on Research into the Sex Industry	p. 147
Selling Sex: Women's Participation in the Sex Industry	p. 155
Sex Work and the State	p. 171
Pimping the Pueblo: State-regulated Commercial Sex in Neoliberal Mexico	p. 173
Deviant Girls, Small-scale Entrepreneurs, and the Regulation of German Sex Workers	p. 184
Sex Work, Communities, and Public Policy in the UK	p. 203
Organizing Beyond Divides	p. 219
Sex Workers' Rights Activism in Europe: Orientations from Brussels	p. 221
Conclusion: Pushing Boundaries in Sex Work Activism and Research	p. 239
Contributing Authors	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 247
Index	p. 266
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