Through the lens of public health, economics, will, and human rights, Day explores the public and private lives of individual sex workers. She offers a unique perspective on contemporary capitalist society, one that iwll be of interest to a broad range of social scientist.

The author brings a unique perspective to her work. She is both an anthropologist and the founder of the renowned Praed Street Project, established in 1986 as a referral and support center for London prostitutes."/>

On the Game: Women and Sex Work

On the Game: Women and Sex Work von Day Sophie (Autor)

Autor: Day, Sophie

Verleger: PLUTO PR

Genre: Taschenbuch/Theoretische Psychologie

ISBN: 0745317588

EAN/ISBN-13: 9780745317588

Sprache: eng

Veröffentlichung: August 2007


 
 
Klappentext zu On the Game: Women and Sex Work
"On the Game" is an ethnographic account of prostitutes and prostitution. Sophie Day has followed the lives of individual women over fifteen years, a period of substantial change within the sex industry. Her book details their attempts to manage their lives against a backdrop of social disapproval.

Through the lens of public health, economics, will, and human rights, Day explores the public and private lives of individual sex workers. She offers a unique perspective on contemporary capitalist society, one that iwll be of interest to a broad range of social scientist.

The author brings a unique perspective to her work. She is both an anthropologist and the founder of the renowned Praed Street Project, established in 1986 as a referral and support center for London prostitutes.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Histories in Person; 1 A London Clinic: Anthropology and Health; 2 Simply Work; 3 What's in a Name? The Distribution of Knowledge among Colleagues; 4 Playing the Market against the State; 5 The Right to Have Rights; 6 The Uses of Money; 7 Infertility, Pregnancy and Future Mothers; 8 Consummate Artifice: Market Makes All; 9 Counterpublics; 10 Time on the Game; Epilogue The Lifescapes of Public Women; References; Index.

Über den Autor: Day Sophie (Autor)
Sophie Day is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College.

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