Umfang:
XXXIII, 237 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
9781772120059
,
9781772120202
Inhalt:
Canadian cities are striving for high safety ratings by eliminating crime, which includes "cleaning" urban areas of the street sex industry. Ironically, those same sex workers also want to live and work in a safe environment. Shawna Ferris interrogates sanitizing political agendas, analyzes exclusionary legislative and police initiatives, and examines media representations. She gives a voice to sex workers who are often pushed to the background, even by those who fight for them. In the name of urban safety and orderliness, street sex workers face stigma, racism, and ignorance. Their human rights are ignored, and some even lose their lives. Ferris aims to reveal the cultural dimensions of this discrimination through literary and art-critical theory, legal and sociological research, and activist intervention. This book has much to offer to educators and activists, sex workers and anti-violence organizations, and academics studying women, cultural, gender, or indigenous issues
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-232) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781772120196
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781772120202
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781772120219
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Kanada
;
Stadt
;
Prostitution
;
Soziale Situation
;
Diskriminierung
;
Kanada
;
Prostitution
;
Prostituierte
;
Soziale Situation
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