Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research

TheRoutledgeInternational Handbook of Sex Industry Research unites 45 contributions from researchers, sex workers, activists, and practitioners who live and work in 28 countries throughout the world. Focusing tightly on the contemporary state of sex industry research through eight carefully selected themes, this volume sets a clear agenda for future research, activism, and policymaking.Approaching the topic from a multidisciplinary perspective on an expanding field frequently divided bypolitical and ideological conflicts, the handbook clearly establishes the parameters of the field while also showcasing the most vibrant contemporary empirical and theoretical work. Unprecedented in its global scope, the RoutledgeInternational Handbook of Sex Industry Research will appeal to students, researchers, and policy makers interested in fields such as sociology of gender and sexuality; crime, justice, and the sex industry; sociology of work and professions; and sexual politics.

1. Introduction Susan Dewey Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 2. Sex industry research: key theories, methods, and challenges Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara Part1: The research enterprise 3. The research enterprise: an introduction Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara, 4. Selective vision: how disciplinary frames, funding streams, and social policy shape research on sex work David S. Bimbi and Juline A. Koken 5. Redesigning the study of sex work: a case for intersectionality and reflexivity Samantha Majic and Carisa R. Showden 6. First-person singular(s): teasing out multiple meanings in sex work autobiographies Treena Orchard 7. "Sisters of the night": ethical and practical challenges in researching prostitution among minors in Ghana Georgina Yaa Oduro, Samuel Otoo, and Aikins Amoako Asiama 8. An action research project with sex worker peer educators in Lisbon, Portugal: collaboration as a key issue for empowerment Alexandra Oliveira 9. Researchers and gatekeepers in participatory action research in Japan’s sex industry Kaoru Aoyama Part2: Socio-legal practices 10. Socio-legal practices: an introduction Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 11. Understanding prostitution policy: the challenges to regulating prostitution and how to harness them Hendrik Wagenaar 12. Red-light districts in three Belgian cities Ronald Weitzer 13. Sex worker rights activism and the decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand Lynzi Armstrong 14. Sex work and the socio-legal space in Nigeria: an update Mfon Umoren Ekpootu 15. "Bridge over troubled water": what sex workers face while embarking on new paths and what helps them leave prostitution in Germany Tzvetina Arsova Netzelmann, Elfriede Steffan, and Barbara Kavemann 16. Exploring resilience among female sex workers in Johannesburg Lawrence Lekau Mamabolo and Khonzi Mbatha Part3: Global knowledge flows 17. Global knowledge flows: an introduction Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 18. Globally circulating discourses on the sex industry: a focus on three world regions Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 19. Sex trafficking as desaparición [disappearance]: vernacularised human rights discourses in the Argentine anti-trafficking campaign Cecilia Varela 20 Beyond dichotomies: exploring responses to tackling the sex industry in Nepal Shovita Dhakal Adhikari 21. "Something about us for us": exploring ways of making research with sex workers in South Africa Greta Schuler and Elsa Oliveira 22 We need to talk about youth prostitution: a story about the demise of youth prostitution in England and Wales Jo Phoenix 23. The garotos from Brazil: xenophobia and the sex trafficking of men Gregory Mitchell 24. Re-assembling the feminist war machine: state, feminisms and sex workers in Russia Alexander Kondakov and Daniil Zhaivoronok Part4: Families and intimate relationships 25. Families and intimate relationships: an introduction Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 26. Understanding the strengths, challenges, and strategies of navigating work life and personal life among sex workers Moshoula Capous-Desyllas et al. 27. From clients to "friends" or "lovers": Latin American sex workers coping with the economic crisis in Spain Adriana Piscitelli 28. Money talks? Secrecy and money management in the family affective bonds of women who perform sex commerce in Argentina Santiago Morcillo 29. The presence and absence of sex workers’ mothering Marlene Spanger 30. Bridging tourism and prostitution through intimacy: gay men’s sex tourism in Bangkok Yo-Hsin Yang Part5: Clients 31. Clients: an introduction Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 32 Men in brothels: (homo)sexuality in Rio de Janeiro’s commercial sexual venues Thaddeus Blanchette and Ana Paula da Silva 33. The characteristics and motivations of women who buy sex in Australia Hilary Caldwell and John de Wit 34. The "john": our new folk devil Jerald L. Mosley 35. Men, culture, modernity, and sex work in southeastern Nigeria Valentine C. Ezeh, Joy I. Ugwu, and Festus E. Ngwu 36. Entrepreneurship, network building, and clientelism in China’s hostess bars Tiantian Zheng Part6: Third parties 37. Third parties: an introduction Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 38. Multiplicity and demonic alliances: an anthropological approach to the problem of third parties in prostitution José Miguel Nieto Olivar 39. Reflecting on labour exploitation in the sex industry Agata Dziuban and Luca Stevenson 40. Protection through repression? Theorising everyday police interactions with sex workers in Geneva Mira Fey 41. Sex trading in neighbourhood context: facilitation, violence, and the spectrum of young women’s exploitation Lauren Martin 42. Supporting female survivors of sex trafficking in Russia: ethical challenges and dilemmas faced by a counselling psychologist Irina Churakova Part7: Cultural representations 43. Cultural representations: an introduction Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 44. Pleasures of the flesh: the image of the prostitute in African literature Caroline Sambai and Peter Simatei 45 Shifting gazes and challenging discourses about sex work and mega-events in Brazil Laura Murray et al. 46. Fictions of selling sex: new literatures of queer sex work Patrick Preston 47. State and cross-border sex trade in colonial and post-colonial Nigeria Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina 48 "Down on whores": considering representations of Jack the Ripper’s victims May-Len Skilbrei and Per Jørgen Ystehede 49. Public encounters with whorephobia: making sense of hostility toward sex worker advocates Elena Jeffreys 50 Two women, two murders: stigmatized media representations of violence against sex workers Rachel Lennon and Pranee Liamputtong Part8: Technologies 51. Technologies: an introduction Susan Dewey, Isabel Crowhurst, and Chimaraoke Izugbara 52. Technology-mediated sex work: fluidity, networking and regulation in the UK Rosie Campbell et al. 53. Justice-oriented ecologies: a framework for designing technologies with sex work support services Angelika Strohmayer, Mary Laing, and Rob Comber 54. Selling sexual services in the digital age: flexible work opportunities for the self-employed entrepreneur or precarious unregulated labour? Helen Rand 55. Mobile phone technology: opportunities and perils for female sex workers in India Subadra Panchanadeswaran et al. 56. The ordinary nature of fantasy: language, gender and sexuality in phone sex work Giulia Selmi 57. "I need $5 million": what sex workers making media tell you that no one else can P.J. Starr and Sonyka Francis

Susan Dewey is Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wyoming, USA. Isabel Crowhurst is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Essex, UK. Chimaraoke Izugbara is Director of Global Health, Youth and Development research at the International Center for Research on Women, USA.