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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 Agustin makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' serves to disempower them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, "Sex at the Margins" provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustin, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry, and although they are treated like a marginalised group they form part of the dynamic global economy. Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Sex at the Margins
• Author: Laura Agustin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781842778609
• ISBN: 1842778609
• ID: 04256868
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 352 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 139 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. May 2007

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