The industrial vagina
Subtitle: the political economy of the global sex trade
By: Sheila Jeffreys.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780415412322; 9780415412339; 9780203698303
Subjects: Prostitution -- Political aspects; Prostitution -- Economic aspects; Prostitution -- Social aspects; Sex-oriented businesses; Feminism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: From pimping to a profitable market sector; title: Feminists and the global sex industry : cheerleaders or critics?; title: Marriage in the global sex industry; title: The international political economy of pornography; title: The strip club boom; title: Military prostitution; title: Prostitution tourism : women as men's leisure; title: Supplying the demand : the traffic in women; title: The state as pimp : legalizing prostitution; title: Conclusion: Rolling back the global sex industry.