Egle Cesnulyte

Selling Sex in Kenya (eBook, PDF)

Gendered Agency under Neoliberalism

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A study of gendered agency under neoliberal structures, seen through the life stories and narratives of Kenyan sex workers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316997239
• Artikelnr.: 70909185

Autorenporträt

Egl¿ ¿esnulyt¿ is Lecturer in Politics and International Development in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol and Deputy Director of the Gender Research Centre at the University of Bristol. Her research has been published in journals including Development and Change, Review of African Political Economy and New Political Economy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Neo-liberal transformations and gender in Kenya
3. Gendered livelihoods and 'bargaining with patriarchy'
4. Selling sex in Mombasa
5. Dreams and strategies of women selling sex
6. A vicious circle: work-related dangers and obstacles for exiting sex work
7. Connecting global and local: Kenyan state, NGOs and the sex worker movement
8. Conclusions: gendered limits of agency in a neo-liberal world.