Synopses & Reviews
This book provides a compelling analysis of the conditions in which women are sustained within prostitution in Britain at the end of the millennium. Based on a major empirical study, it is a unique glimpse into how some women, who live lives completely torn apart by poverty, violence, and criminalization, are able to understand their lives in prostitution and make sense of the choices they make (including their involvement in prostitution) in their struggles to survive.
Review
“A complex and sensitive portrait.” —
American Journal of Sociology“Tightly structured and clear. It is refreshing to find such a well-researched and well-written book that confronts and exposes both the good and the bad things about being a street prostitute in a big city at the millennium.” —The British Journal of Criminology
Synopsis
This book provides a compelling analysis of the conditions in which women are sustained within prostitution in Britain at the end of the millennium. Based on a major empirical study, it is a unique glimpse into how some women, who live lives completely torn apart by poverty, violence, and criminalization, are able to understand their lives in prostitution and make sense of the choices they make (including their involvement in prostitution) in their struggles to survive.
About the Author
Joanna Phoenix is Lecturer in Social and Policy Sciences at Bath University.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: PROSTITUTION ENCLOSED
Prostitutes, Prostitution and the Law
Ways of Talking about Prostitutes and Prostitution
PART II: PROSTITUTION DISCLOSED
Risk, Poverty, Poncing and the Contradictions of Involvement in Prostitution
Men, Money, Violence and Identity
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index