Making Sense of Prostitution

208 Pages·1999·1.015 MB·English

by  Joanna Phoenix (auth.)

Making Sense of Prostitution
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Making Sense of
Prostitution
Joanna Phoenix
Lecturer in Sociology
Department of Social and Policy Sciences
Bath University
© Joanna Phoenix 1999
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1999 978-0-333-74989-0
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Making sense of prostitution / Joanna Phoenix.
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1.Prostitution—Great Britain.I.Title.
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To my great cousin Evelyn Healey, my father Tony
Healey and my mother Mina Healey
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Contents
List of Tables ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction 1
PART I PROSTITUTION ENCLOSED
2 Prostitutes, Prostitution and the Law 19
3 Ways of Talking about Prostitutes and Prostitution 35
PART II PROSTITUTION DISCLOSED
4 Risk, Poverty, Poncing and the Contradictions of
Involvement in Prostitution 73
5 Men, Money, Violence and Identity 125
6 Conclusion 185
Notes 190
Bibliography 192
Index 198
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List of Tables
1.1 Demographic comparison of the main minority ethnic
groups in MidCity and England and Wales 8
4.1 Educational qualifications of the interviewees 78
4.2 Interviewees’ experience of legitimate employment 79
4.3 Reasons for the housing difficulties experienced by the
interviewees 90
4.4 Arrest and punishment for prostitution-related offences 105
4.5 Type of poncing experienced 121
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