Wagadu Volume 8: Demystifying Sex Work and Sex Workers - Softcover

Dewey, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1456850369 ISBN 13: 9781456850364

Publisher: Xlibris, Corp., 2011

Synopsis

Sex workers throughout the world share a uniquely maligned mystique that simultaneously positions them as sexually desirable and socially repulsive In order to better understand how these processes function cross culturally this special issue of Wagadu features thirteen original articles that focus upon the everyday lives of sex workers very broadly defined as those who exchange intimacy for something of value This special issue fills a significant gap in the literature by examining how individual biography intersects with structural position to condition certain categories of individuals to believe that their self esteem material worth and possibilities for life improvement are invested in their bodies and sexual labor Such beliefs inevitably combine with sex workers knowledge of their marginal conflicted social status to inform many of their decision making strategies Drawing upon research conducted in Australia Brazil Canada China India Mexico Thailand Uganda the United States and the United Kingdom by scholars sex workers and activists work featured in this special issue illustrates the processes by which sex workers are able to see themselves as agents and entrepreneurs despite pervasive social messages to the contrary

About this title

About the Author:

Kathryn Kramer is currently an Associate Professor in the Art and Art History Department at SUNY Cortland. She completed the PhD at Columbia University in New York City. Her current research defines the contemporary practice of flānerie by both genders as a cultural metric for the globalizing city.

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris, Corp.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1456850369
• ISBN 13: 9781456850364
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242