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Sexin’ Work: The Politics of Prostitution Regulation

New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry

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Title Sexin’ Work: The Politics of Prostitution Regulation
 
Creator Grant, Dianne
 
Subject Anthropology; Social Theory
Gender Regulation; Identity; Normativity; Function of Prostitution; Street Sex Work; Transgressive Sexualities; Criminalization
 
Description This essay explores regulation in both the institutionalized and discursive production of prostitution control. The contemporary regulation of prostitution in Canadian and international contexts are explored to show that prostitution was never seriously targeted for elimination; the case of street sex work in Winnipeg is used to illustrate this phenomenon. I argue that prostitution is a cultural and political necessity deployed by nation-states to discipline women, regulate their bodies, and ensure they uphold reproductive normativity. The purpose of such regulatory projects is underwritten by the drive to strengthen national/ ethnic/racial/class identities within normative forms of gender and sexuality.
 
Publisher New Proposals Publishing Society
 
Contributor Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship
 
Date 2008-11-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
research-article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/newproposals/article/view/193
 
Source New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry; Vol 2, No 1 (2008); 61-74
1715-6718
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/newproposals/article/view/193/241
 
Coverage Canada
Contemporary