The Everyday Lives of Sex Workers in the Netherlands

ISBN-13: 9780415647618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 200 str.

Katherine Gregory

Opis

This ethnographic account details the experiences of migrant and transgendered streetwalkers, and window prostitutes in The Netherlands. Through the in-depth interviews and observations, the author explores the meaning sex-workers give to their work and personal lives.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Changing Perspectives on Prostitution  3. Finding My Way into the Field  4. Space and Place: In the Windows  5. Space and Place: In the Zone  6. Victoria van der Way  7. Coping Strategies for Economic, Physical, and Emotional Survival on the Streets and in the Windows  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Katherine Gregory is Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at CUNY/New York City College of Technology.