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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172207103321

Autore

Agustin Laura Maria

Titolo

Sex at the margins : migration, labour markets and the rescue industry / / Laura Maria Agustin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, c2007

ISBN

1-350-22249-6

1-78032-511-8

1-281-21570-8

1-84813-500-9

1-84813-081-3

9786611215705

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

306.74

Soggetti

Prostitution

Prostitutes - Attitudes

Human smuggling

Foreign workers

Sex tourism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Sex at the Margins: Migrations, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry was first published by Zed Books ... in 2005."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sexual commotion -- Working to travel, travelling to work -- A world of services -- The rise of the social - and of 'prostitution' -- Grasping the thing itself: methodology -- From charity to solidarity: in the field with helpers -- Partial truths -- Works cited -- Primary sources.

Sommario/riassunto

Laura Agustín presents an analysis of the position prostitutes occupy within the global economy.