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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 306.7409715 EAN: 9780774813310 ISBN: 0774813318 Label: University of British Columbia Press Manufacturer: University of British Columbia Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 273 Publication Date: October 21, 2006 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press Studio: University of British Columbia Press Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Sex workers are not uncommon "objects" of study for academics and policy makers. Policies that impact sex work and theories about the lives of sex workers are often developed without sex workers' input and may reinforce existing stigma. Fieldwork studies on the topic are rare, as are perceptions that sex workers are capable of their own analyses of the social and political world in which they work. Leslie Ann Jeffrey and Gayle MacDonald interview sex workers in three Maritime cities and those who work around them: police, health-care providers, community workers/advocates, members of neighbourhood associations, and politicians. Perceptions and analyses of violence and safety, health and risk, politics and policy, media influence, and the public are presented through the words of sex workers and contrast sharply with commonly held opinions. Given recent Parliamentary recommendations to decriminalize prostitution, "Sex Workers in the Maritimes Talk Back" represents a timely shift to public discussions about sex work. Engaging and accessible, this book will be of interest to public policy practitioners, students of social and political science, community advocates, police, and sex workers and their families. 
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