Understanding Sex for Sale Meanings and Moralities of Sexual Commerce
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
May-Len Skilbrei is Professor at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway. Skilbrei has researched prostitution and prostitution policies since the mid-1990s. In the last ten years she has been involved in research on human trafficking, migration and gender, and has published articles in Crime & Justice, Women & Criminal Justice, Sexuality Research & Social Policy, Ethnos and British Journal of Criminology.
Marlene Spanger is Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. Spanger’s research fields include ethnographic fieldwork and discursive formations within the policy fields of prostitution and human trafficking, transnational intimacies and migration with a special attention to gender, sexual and racial issues.
<p>Digging under the common misperceptions that inform our unease with sex and money, Skilbrei and Spanger’s collection rethinks scholarly theory and provides practical tools for policy makers, scholars and activists in addressing sex for sale</p><p><em><strong>Barbara Brents</strong>, Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA</em></p><p>This book is a must read. As a collection, it offers something unique, scholarly and very original. It shows the multiplicity of meanings, all contextually bound, ascribed to prostitution. Essential reading for scholars, campaigners, students and researchers.</p><p><em><strong>Jo Phoenix</strong>, Professor in Criminology, Open University, UK</em></p>
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
May-Len Skilbrei is Professor at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway. Skilbrei has researched prostitution and prostitution policies since the mid-1990s. In the last ten years she has been involved in research on human trafficking, migration and gender, and has published articles in Crime & Justice, Women & Criminal Justice, Sexuality Research & Social Policy, Ethnos and British Journal of Criminology.
Marlene Spanger is Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. Spanger’s research fields include ethnographic fieldwork and discursive formations within the policy fields of prostitution and human trafficking, transnational intimacies and migration with a special attention to gender, sexual and racial issues.