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Sex and stigma : stories of everyday life in Nevada's legal brothels /
Wrapped in moral judgments about sexual conduct and shrouded in titillating intrigue, legal prostitutes in Nevada's brothels frequently face oppression and unfair labor practices while managing stigma and isolation associated with their occupational identities. Rooted in organizational communic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface: The Story of Our Collaboration; Introduction: Exploring Inequalities and Moral Judgments in Legal Prostitution; Part I. Brothel Prostitution in Theory and Law; 1. Theories of Organizing, Secrecy, and Stigma; 2. Feminisms, Prostitution, and the Sex Trafficking Debates; 3. The History and Laws of Nevada's Legal Brothels; Part II. Living and Working as Legal Brothel Prostitutes; 4. Author Autoethnography: Life as a Legal Sex Worker; 5. Life after the Brothel: Perspectives from Former Legal Prostitutes
- 6. When Transferable Skills Can't Transfer: Stigma and Worker MobilityPart III. Managing Legal, Occupational, and Community Constraints; 7. Selling Intimacy: Emotional Experiences of Sex Work; 8. Managing Work-Life Commitments in Legal Prostitution; 9. Brothels as Hidden Organizations; Appendix A. Photographing Legal Prostitution: The Art and Work of Priscilla Varner; Appendix B. New Directions for Ethnographic Methods: Creative Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Authors