Prostitution
By: Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., book editor.
Contributors: Lankford, Ronald D., 1962-
Series: Social issues firsthand series; Social issues firsthand
Publisher: Greenhaven Press/Gale Cengage Learning; Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780737741360
Subjects: Prostitution; Feminism
Description: From the Publisher: Behind each policy debate over welfare reform, AIDS funding, and hate crime laws are the people struggling with poverty, illness, and discrimination. While the experts cite statistics and employ rhetoric about drug abuse, crime, and child abuse, individuals confront the horrors of addiction and the trauma of victimization. Greenhaven Press's Social Issues Firsthand series illuminates the often-neglected human side of society's pressing problems. Each anthology presents a collection of personal narratives on a featured social issue. Contributors include those who have had personal experience with the topic under discussion-either as a participant, a witness, or an involved professional. For example, Terrorism includes the perspectives of terrorists, victims, families of victims, and emergency workers. Additional features include an introduction that provides each book with essential context, a thorough bibliography, a list of organizations to contact, an annotated table of contents, and a thorough index. Each book in the Social Issues Firsthand series will provide readers with a personal context for the most pressing topics of today's political discussions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-136) and index.
Table of contents: title: I was a teenage prostitute / Lisa Carver; title: I am a prostitute and a writer / Belle de Jour; title: Interview with a male sex worker / Cindy-Lou Dale; title: Confessions of an Ivy League call girl / Jeannette Angell; title: The unionization of sex workers / Ana Lopez, as told to Workers Solidarity Movement; title: Sex with prostitutes is exciting and honest / Sebastian Horsley; title: The uneasy relationship between prostitutes and feminists / Teri Goodson; title: A courtesan's spiritual calling / Amanda Brooks; title: Sex workers are feminists / Gillette; title: Memoirs of a Hollywood prostitute / David Henry Sterry, as told to Daniel Maurer; title: A downward spiral / Cecelia Wardlaw; title: Living as an HIV-positive porn star and escort / Tony Valenzuela; title: A former prostitute finds God / Shelly Lubben; title: Rescuing girls from prostitution / Somaly Mam, as told to John Follain.