Prostitution Policy : Revolutionizing Practice through a Gendered Perspective.

While widely acknowledged as the world's oldest profession, and often glamorized or demonized in the media, prostitution is a critical part of American culture and its economy, as well as a social problem in need of an updated public policy. In Prostitution Policy, Lenore Kuo combines feminist...

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Main Author: Kuo, Lenore
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2002.
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Summary:While widely acknowledged as the world's oldest profession, and often glamorized or demonized in the media, prostitution is a critical part of American culture and its economy, as well as a social problem in need of an updated public policy. In Prostitution Policy, Lenore Kuo combines feminist social research and legal studies to tackle issues raised by heterosexual prostitution in the U.S. Through the lens of feminist theory, Kuo examines the milieu of prostitutes and the role of prostitution in contemporary society, and how the interplay of those two works itself out in practice. Moving bey.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages)
ISBN:9780814749364
0814749364
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.