On the Game: Women and Sex Work
Author:   Sophie Day
Publisher:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745317595


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 June 2007
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Author:   Sophie Day
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.451kg
ISBN:  

9780745317595


ISBN 10:   0745317596
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 June 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction Histories in Person 1. A London Clinic: Anthropology and Health 2. Simply Work 3. What’s in a Name? The Distribution of Knowledge among Colleagues 4. Playing the Market against the State 5. The Right to Have Rights 6. The Uses of Money 7. Infertility, Pregnancy and Future Mothers 8. Consummate Artifice: Market Makes All 9. Counterpublics 10. Time on the Game Epilogue: The Lifescapes of Public Women References Index

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A highly engaging and thought-provoking text highlighting the challenges faced by sex workers in London. Highly recommended. -- Stuart Agnew, Lecturer in Criminology, University Campus Suffolk Academic interest in the sex industry is proliferating in a range of disciplines, and Sophie Day's book is a noteworthy addition -- Gender and Development


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Sophie Day is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College. She is the author of On the Game (Pluto, 2007).

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