The Industrial Vagina : The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade


Sheila. Jeffreys
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2008.
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1 online resource (259 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: From pimping to a profitable market sector; Chapter 1: Feminists and the global sex industry: Cheerleaders or critics?; Chapter 2: Marriage and prostitution; Chapter 3: The international political economy of pornography; Chapter 4: The strip club boom; Chapter 5: Military prostitution; Chapter 6: Prostitution tourism: Women as men's leisure; Chapter 7: Supplying the demand: The traffic in women; Chapter 8: The state as pimp: Legalizing prostitution; Chapter 9: Conclusion: Rolling back the global sex industry; References; Index. - The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies.The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being legalised and decriminalised by governments. Sheila Jeffreys demonstrates how prostitution has been globalized through an examination of:<
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9780415412322. - 9780415412339

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