Sex for sale : prostitution, pornography, and erotic dancing / edited by Ronald Weitzer.
Contributor(s): Weitzer, Ronald John [editor.]
Publisher: New York ; Abingdon : Routledge, 2023Edition: Third editionDescription: xiv, 419 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781032133157Subject(s): Prostitution | Pornography | Sex industry | Sex workersDDC classification: 306.74 Summary: "Since the publication of the second edition in 2010, the field of sex work studies has expanded. This fully updated edition of 'Sex for Sale' presents an innovative, in-depth, and nuanced analysis of sex work, its risks, and benefits, and pays attention to newer and everchanging types of sex work and its actors, as well as public policies and laws that govern its trade. Now in its third edition, this volume includes updated research on traditional forms of sexual labor and incorporates original, empirically grounded research on newer or less researched phenomena. New chapters explore the use of technology among street sellers, blurring the lie between street and online solicitation, in addition to chapters on historical prostitution, transgender workers, illicit massage parlors, male strippers, commercial webcamming, alternative policies and legal systems, and the sex workers' rights movement."-- Taken from back cover.
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 306.74 SEX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 021863 |
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Previous edition: 2010.
"Since the publication of the second edition in 2010, the field of sex work studies has expanded. This fully updated edition of 'Sex for Sale' presents an innovative, in-depth, and nuanced analysis of sex work, its risks, and benefits, and pays attention to newer and everchanging types of sex work and its actors, as well as public policies and laws that govern its trade. Now in its third edition, this volume includes updated research on traditional forms of sexual labor and incorporates original, empirically grounded research on newer or less researched phenomena. New chapters explore the use of technology among street sellers, blurring the lie between street and online solicitation, in addition to chapters on historical prostitution, transgender workers, illicit massage parlors, male strippers, commercial webcamming, alternative policies and legal systems, and the sex workers' rights movement."-- Taken from back cover.