Julie Ham

Sex Work, Immigration and Social Difference

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book offers a unique account of women's experiences, attitudes and negotiations of work, immigration and citizenship in the sex work industry and challenges social myths about the risks and vulnerabilities of 'migrant sex workers'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781138499508
• ISBN-10: 1138499501
• Artikelnr.: 51132285

Autorenporträt

Julie Ham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She has published on sex work, anti-trafficking, gender and migration, feminist participatory action research, and activist efforts by trafficking survivors, sex workers and domestic workers. Prior to joining the Department of Sociology, she worked with the Border Crossing Observatory, Monash University; the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW); and with community-based research projects and organizations in Canada, working with sex workers, immigrant and refugee communities, women substance users, low-income urban communities, and anti-violence organizations.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Investigating agency in sex work research
3. Intersectionality and social difference in sex work research
4. Power, positioning and other methodological challenges in sex work
research
5. Sex work and the non-migrant 'migrant'
6. Using legalities and illegalities in sex work
7. Co-workers, clients and knowledge production in sex work
8. Conclusion: Agency, security, mobility and social difference in sex work