Sex at the margins : migration, labour markets and the rescue industry / Laura María Agustín.
Sex at the margins : migration, labour markets and the rescue industry / Laura María Agustín.
Sex at the margins : migration, labour markets and the rescue industry / Laura María Agustín.
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London ; New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2007.
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N306.74/ 13
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English
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248 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
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.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"This groundbreaking book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims, and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest." "Laura Agustin makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' do...
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Sex at the margins : migration, labour markets and the rescue industry / Laura María Agustín.
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Sex at the margins.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-239) and index.
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c2007.
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N306.74/ 13
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ISBN
1842778595 (hb : alk. paper)
9781842778609 (pb : alk. paper)
1842778609 (pb : alk. paper)
9781842778593 (hb : alk. paper)
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306.74
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991023146199702626
