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Sex Work, Labour and Relations

New Directions and Reflections

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Introduces new directions for scholarship and prompts news and exciting questions

  • Draws on a range of studies from an interdisciplinary set of scholars across social sciences and humanities

  • Examines concepts related to sex as work and explores relationships within and outside the sex work community

Part of the book series: Palgrave Advances in Sex Work Studies (PASWS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction

    • Teela Sanders, Kathryn McGarry, Paul Ryan
    Pages 1-13

About this book

This edited collection showcases innovative, up and coming researchers’ work in the field of sex work studies across labour/work and relationships. This research is pushing the boundaries of the subject, asking new questions, carving new methodological terrain, and contributing new ideas and empirical findings to the existing literature. Drawing on sociology, criminology, media studies, social and health policy, law and socio-legal studies, the chapters reflect a range of new topics in the sex work studies literature such as religious readings, porn workers and their interactions with fans; romantic relationships, and humour at work. Studies are drawn from Europe, South America, Turkey, Ireland, New Zealand and the USA. This book speaks to academics across the social sciences and humanities who are interested in sex work studies.

Keywords

  • pornography
  • stigma and sex work
  • human rights
  • sexual exploitation
  • violence and sex work
  • health care sex work
  • sexuality studies
  • gender and crime

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Teela Sanders

  • Department of Applied Social Studies, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland

    Kathryn McGarry

  • Department of Sociology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland

    Paul Ryan

About the editors

Teela Sanders is Professor of Criminology at the University of Leicester, UK. Sitting on the borders of criminology and sociology, she explores the inter-relationship between human sexuality and socio-legal structures.

Kathryn McGarry is Assistant Professor in Social Policy at Maynooth University, Ireland. Kathryn’s research interests include gender, risk and social justice, sexuality and the law and critical feminist methodologies.

Paul Ryan is Assistant Professor in Sociology at Maynooth University, Ireland. His research interests are within the sociology of the family and personal life, sexuality, and the law.

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eBook USD 109.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-031-04605-6
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)