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Sex at the Margins Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

Paperback • 2007 • English

Sex at the Margins Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

By Laura María Agustín

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About the book

This groundbreaking book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work; that migrants who sell sex are passive victims; and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' disempowers them. Based on extensive research amongst migrants who sell sex an...Show more

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ISBN

9781842778609

Publisher

Zed Books

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Sex at the Margins Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

Format

Paperback

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