Title: Red light labour : sex work regulation, agency, and resistance /
Authors: Durisin, Elya M., 1979-; Van der Meulen, Emily, 1977-; Bruckert, Chris, 1960-
Year: 2018
Subjects: Prostitution Law and legislation Canada.; Sex workers Legal status, laws, etc. Canada.; Prostitution Law and legislation; Canada
Abstract: "In 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Canada v. Bedford that key prostitution laws were unconstitutional. Red Light Labour addresses the new legal regime regulating sex work by analyzing how laws and those who uphold them have constructed, controlled, and criminalized sex workers, their clients, and their workspaces. This ... collection also offers nuanced interpretations of commercial sexual labour from the perspectives of workers, activists, and researchers. The contributors highlight the struggle for civic and social inclusion by considering sex workers' advocacy tactics, successes, and challenges."--Back cover.
Contents: 1. Contextualizing Sex Work: Challenging Discourses and Confronting Narratives -- 2. Sex Work Policy: Tracing Historical and Contemporary Developments -- 3. Bedford v. Canada: A Breakthrough in the Legal Discourse -- 4. Municipal Regulation of Street-Based Prostitution and the Impacts on Indigenous Women: A Necessary Discussion -- 5. From Average Joe to Deviant John: The Changing Construction of Sex Trade Clients in Canada -- 6. Pimps, Partners, and Procurers: Criminalizing Street-Based Sex Workers' Relationships with Partners and Third Parties -- 7. New Risk-Spaces, New Spaces for Harm: The Effects of the Advertising Offence on Independent Escorts -- 8. Misrepresentations, Inadequate Evidence, and Impediments to Justice: Human Rights Impacts of Canada's Anti-Trafficking Efforts -- 9. Perceptions of Sex Work: Exploring the Narratives of Police and Regulatory Officials -- 10. Protecting Victims Sexually Exploited through Prostitution? Critically Examining Youth Legal and Policy Regimes -- 11. Indigenous, Indoors, and Incognito: Thoughts and Experiences of an Irish and Ojibwe Sex Worker -- 12. Myths and Realities of Male Sex Work: A Personal Perspective -- 13. Champagne, Strawberries, and Truck-Stop Motels: On Subjectivity and Sex Work -- 14. "The Paradox?!": Racialized and Indigenous Sex Workers' Encounters within a Capitalist Market -- 15. Double Punishment: Immigration Penality and Migrant Trans Women Who Sell Sex -- 16. "Harassing the Clients Is Exactly the Same as Harassing the Workers": Street-Based Sex Workers in Vancouver -- 17. Everybody Knows Everybody: Sex Work in Rural and Small Communities -- 18. Hypocrisy in "Sin City": Space, Place, and Sex Work Stigma in St. John's -- 19. Canadian Feminism and Sex Work Law: A Cautionary Tale -- 20. Whorganizers and Gay Activists: Histories of Convergence, Contemporary Currents of Divergence, and the Promise of Non-Normative Futures -- 21. Fighting for Homewood: Gentrification and the History of Violent Struggle over Trans Sex Workers' Strolls in Canada -- 22. Do Black Sex Workers' Lives Matter? Whitewashed Anti-Slavery, Racial Justice, and Abolition -- 23. Migrant Sex Workers' Justice: Building Alliances across Movements -- 24. Will the Real Supporters of Workers' Rights Please Stand Up? Union Engagement with Sex Work in Canada -- 25. Sex, Lies, and Committee Hearings: Challenging Prostitution Propaganda -- 26. Action, Advocacy, and Allies: Building a Movement for Sex Worker Rights.