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

by Laura María Agustín

Book Overview

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 Agust n 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842778609
• ISBN13: 9781842778609
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"