SEX WORK ON THE STREETS CL [Hardcover]

Mckeganey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1996

How and why do people sell and buy sex? what are the risks associated with prostitution? should prostitution be legalized? This book is the most detailed description ever provided of street prostitution. It is based on three years' research in which the authors interviewed prostitutes and their clients and spent many months working in a red light area. The book makes extensive use of direct quotes from the women and the men, as well as fieldnotes from the authors based upon their observations in the red light areas. Topics covered in the book include the women's negotiations with clients, HIV, drug use and violence. The book also describes the impact of working as a prostitute on women's home life. No attempt is made to moralise about prostitution in the book, instead the authors concentrate on the experiences of the women and men involved in selling and buying sex, and describes prostitution from their standpoint.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...the accessibility of the book and the contemporary importance of the subject matter will commend it to a wide academic audience. It should also be essential reading for 'armchair moralisers." - Community Care "I could not put this compelling book down...to be recommended to research sceptics. It is rich in evidence and provides a good base from which to launch discussions within the sexual health curriculum." - Nursing Times"...rich descriptions of the lives and experiences of street working prostitutes and their clients. This book will be of use to students in providing them with empirical data as well as giving them an insight into the everyday experiences of women selling sex from thestreets." - Women's Studies Network (UK) Association Newsletter "I would recommend this book to anyone interested in women's health, and social issues associated with prostitution." - Journal of Public Health Medicine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Neil McKeganey is Reader and Director of the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at Glasgow University. He has carried out research on drug misuse, prostitution and HIV for the last ten years. He has published numerous articles on these topics and is the author, with Marina Barnard, of AIDS, Drugs and Sexual Risk Lives in the Balance Open University Press, 1992.

Marina Barnard is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow. She has carried out research on drug use, prostitution and HIV for the last seven years, and has published widely in each of these fields. She is now carrying out research on young people's routes into drug misuse in Scotland. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 114 pages
• Publisher: Open University; 1 edition (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 033519401X
• ISBN-13: 978-0335194018
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,949,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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