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UNINA9910462207203321 |
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Autore |
Maher JaneMaree |
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Titolo |
Sex work : labour, mobility and sexual services / / JaneMaree Maher, Sharon Pickering and Alison Gerard |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-283-70996-1 |
0-203-10120-0 |
1-136-23413-6 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in crime and society ; ; 1 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GerardAlison |
PickeringSharon <1972-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prostitution |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : the new intimacies and mobilities of sex work: who does it, where and why? -- Women's work conditions and sexual services -- In the room and beyond : keeping it nice with the clients -- "Giving my body a break" : health, well-being and staying safe -- Regulating sex work : the noise and confusion of sexual regulation -- Sexual services in the global world -- Conclusion -- References. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sex work has always attracted policy, public and prurient interest. Currently, legal frameworks in developed countries range from prohibition, through partial legalisation to active regulation. Globalisation has increased women's mobility between developing and developed countries at the same time as women's employment opportunities in the developed world are shifting. Family and intimate relationships are being transformed by changing demographics, shifting social mores and new intersections between intimate lives and global markets. Sex work is located at the nexus of new intimacies, shif |
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