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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786686003321

Titolo

Sex work, mobility and health in Europe / / edited by Sophie Day and Helen Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-79279-3

1-317-79280-7

1-138-99607-6

1-315-81052-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Kegan Paul European Studies Series

Altri autori (Persone)

DaySophie

WardHelen <1957->

Disciplina

363.44094

Soggetti

Prostitution - Europe

Sex industry - Europe

Sex industry - Health aspects - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2004 by Kegan Paul Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Sex Work, Mobility and Health in Europe; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Sex work in context; Histories; 2 Culture clash: anti-trafficking activism or rights and health?; 3 Why we need a sex workers' union; 4 A new era for sex workers in Germany?; 5 Twenty years of action: the Committee for Civil Rights of Prostitutes; Mobility and Migration; 6 Daring border-crossers: a different vision of migrant women; 7 About sex, vaginas and passports; 8 Mobility, policy and health in the Netherlands; Health

9 Health care for sex workers in Europe10 Approaching health through the prism of stigma: research in seven European; 11 Approaching health through the prism of stigma: a longer term perspective; 12 Violence and sex work in Britain; Policy; 13 Prostitution seen as Violence Against Women; 14 Sex in the new Europe;  The criminalisation of clients and Swedish fear of penetration; 15 Policies towards the sex industry in Europe: new models of control; Conclusion; 16 Reflections; Index



Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.