Sex Work, Immigration and Social Difference

ISBN-13: 9781138499508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 176 str.

Julie Ham

Opis

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’.

O autorze

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.