Sex at the margins
Subtitle: migration, labour markets and the rescue industry
By: Laura María Agustín.
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781842778609; 9781842778593
Subjects: Prostitution -- Cross-cultural studies.; Prostitutes -- Attitudes.; Human smuggling -- Cross-cultural studies.; Alien labor -- Cross-cultural studies.; Sex tourism -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: Laura Agustín presents an analysis of the position prostitutes occupy within the global economy.
Notes: "Sex at the Margins: Migrations, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry was first published by Zed Books ... in 2005."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sexual commotion; title: Working to travel, travelling to work; title: A world of services; title: The rise of the social - and of 'prostitution'; title: Grasping the thing itself: methodology; title: From charity to solidarity: in the field with helpers; title: Partial truths; title: Works cited; title: Primary sources.