Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Barnard, Marina, 1960-

Description

1. xii, 114 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. This book is the most detailed description ever provided of street prostitution. It is based on three years' research in which the authors interviewed prostitutes and their clients and spent many months working in a red light area. The book makes extensive use of direct quotes from the women and men, as well as field notes from the authors based upon their observations in the red light area. Topics covered in the book include the women's negotiations with clients, HIV, drug use and violence. The book also describes the impact of working as a prostitute on women's home life. No attempt is made to moralize about prostitution in the book, instead the authors concentrate on the experiences of the women and men involved in selling and buying sex, and describe prostitution from their standpoint. Sex work on the streets will be of interest to a wide range of students and researchers in sociology, social policy, criminology and women's studies.

Subject

1. Prostitutes > Scotland > Glasgow > Attitudes
2. Prostitution > Scotland > Glasgow
3. Prostitution
4. Sex Work
5. prostitution
6. Prostitutes > Attitudes
7. Prostitution
8. Prostituees
9. Prostituanten
10. Scotland > Glasgow

Contents

1. 1. Researching prostitutes and their clients -- 2. Selling sex: the views of the women -- 3. The impact of drug use on the women's work -- 4. Buying sex: the views of the clients -- 5. Prostitution and HIV/AIDS -- 6. Dying for sex: prostitution and violence -- 7. Women as prostitutes, women as lovers: the management of identity -- 8. Conclusion.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [104]-110) and index.