Transnational Prostitution: Changing Patterns in a Global ContextSusanne Thorbek, Bandana Pattanaik Patterns of prostitution, like so much else in our increasingly inter-connected world, are changing radically, as the investigations in this volume dramatically show. The question of migrant prostitutes in the West may be much debated, but it is little researched. This collection makes a radical break with the current media focus on human trafficking and the old habit of simply blaming the victim. What emerges is a nuanced and empirically grounded portrait of the complexities of prostitution across national boundaries today. |
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... seen as heroes by both Jews and Danes . Prices charged by smugglers or traffickers today also depend on demand and on the difficulties and dangers they anticipate . Traffickers and smugglers are seen by prostitutes , for instance , as ...
... seen as a problem that was becoming increasingly urgent . On the one hand prostitution was seen as having an important social function , and on the other hand it dis- turbed public order and involved criminal offenders . Finally ...
... seen as demeaning for all human beings . Sex - workers ' groups maintain that the demand to recognize sex work as work should be seen as an extension of the feminist demand to recognize all kinds of reproductive labour as work . " My ...
Contents
Sex Diaries of Tourists Returning from | 13 |
Male Perspectives | 24 |
Postcolonial Entrepreneurs | 42 |
Copyright | |
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