Sex Work and Human Dignity
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Sex Work and Human Dignity

Law, Politics and Discourse

  1. 210 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Sex Work and Human Dignity

Law, Politics and Discourse

About this book

The notion of human dignity is frequently, yet enigmatically, invoked in legal and political debates on sex work, where many people use it without much elaboration on exactly what they mean by it. Sex Work and Human Dignity: Law, Politics and Discourse sheds light on this enigma, by exploring how dignity-based discourses are used by those who write and talk about prostitution and also what role these discourses may play in shaping wider cultural understandings of sex work and sex workers.

The book draws on political discourse theory and is international in its scope, with analysis of legal cases, textual sources, and empirical data gathered through interviews with activists from several different countries in the Global North and South. The book traces how the concept of dignity is used in a range of legal and political discourses on sex work and ultimately asks to what extent dignity-based discourses help to advance, or hinder, sex workers' social inclusion.

This book will appeal to students and researchers interested in sex work and feminism, as well as those who study human dignity. Its interdisciplinary nature means it will appeal to those working in a range of disciplines, including law, sociology, philosophy, and political theory.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780367618698
eBook ISBN
9781000218060
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Series Information
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. List of table
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Chapter 1 Introduction
  12. Chapter 2 Setting the scene: The concept of human dignity
  13. Chapter 3 ‘Dignity talk’ in judicial decisions on sex work
  14. Chapter 4 The concept of dignity in abolitionist feminist discourses
  15. Chapter 5 The concept of dignity in sex worker rights discourses
  16. Chapter 6 ‘Dignity talk’ and the sex working subject
  17. Chapter 7 Conclusion
  18. Appendix
  19. Index