Sex-Work, Prostitution and Policy

A Feminist Discourse Analysis

Rebecca MF Hewer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 292 Seiten

2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-74953-8 (ISBN)

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The topic of sex-work/prostitution has long generated contentious debate, particularly within the broad church of feminism. This antagonism is reflected in UK policy debates, which are further complicated by their enactment in spaces of neoliberal hegemony.
This book analyses the plurality of narratives which contribute to Westminster sex-work/prostitution policy debates and subsequently seeks to situate them within the social and political conditions of their production. Hewer illustrates that contemporary sex-work/prostitution debates are constituted through a complex entanglement of ideologically hybrid perspectives, which variously challenge and ingrain extant relations of power. Moreover, by drawing on a range of feminist and other critical social theories, Hewer offers a way to think differently about both sex-work/prostitution debates and sex-work/prostitution itself.
The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students from across the social sciences with an interest in the language used to talk about sex-work and prostitution in policy debates.

Rebecca MF Hewer is a Chancellor's Fellow in Sociology in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research explores the socio-legal regulation of (women's) bodies, policy, the politics of knowledge production, and discourse.

Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: Vulnerability: Floating Signifiers & Transcending Polarities.- Chapter Three: Subjectivity, Responsibility and Choice.- Chapter Four: The Multiple Logics of Gender.- Chapter Five: The Language of Violence.- Chapter 6: Concluding Thoughts.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.08.2021
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
Zusatzinfo	XI, 292 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	524 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Critical Discourse Analysis • Critical social theory • feminist discourse • Feminist sociology • Gayle Rubin • Gender Studies • plurality of narratives • policy analysis • Prostitution • prostitution policy debate • Sex Work • Social Justice • The Language of Violence • the neoliberal agenda • UK policy on prostitution • Vulnerability in sex work
ISBN-10	3-030-74953-3 / 3030749533
ISBN-13	978-3-030-74953-8 / 9783030749538
Zustand	Neuware