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Title: Playing the Whore - The Work of Sex Work
Author: Melissa Gira Grant Category: Academic/Sexuality/Prostitution/Cultural Studies Series: Jacobin Publisher: Verso (March 11, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1781683239 ISBN-13: 978-1781683231  Promotional info/Publisher's summary - "Recent years have seen a panic over “online red-light districts,” which supposedly seduce vulnerable young women into a life of degradation, and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s live tweeting of a Cambodian brothel raid. But rarely do these fearful, salacious dispatches come from sex workers themselves, and rarely do they deviate from the position that sex workers must be rescued from their condition, and the industry simply abolished — a position common among feminists and conservatives alike. In Playing the Whore, journalist Melissa Gira Grant turns these pieties on their head, arguing for an overhaul in the way we think about sex work. Based on ten years of writing and reporting on the sex trade, and grounded in her experience as an organizer, advocate, and former sex worker, Playing the Whore dismantles pervasive myths about sex work, criticizes both conditions within the sex industry and its criminalization, and argues that separating sex work from the “legitimate” economy only harms those who perform sexual labor. In Playing the Whore, sex workers’ demands, too long relegated to the margins, take center stage: sex work iswork, and sex workers’ rights are human rights." Reviews: "Gira Grant is one of the most interesting policy thinkers in the country when it comes to sex work, and this short book introduces and outlines her thinking on the matter." –Mike Konczal, Washington Post “An informative and extremely worthwhile addition to the existing body of literature on sex work.” –Stoya, adult performer and Vice columnist This torrent contains a retail PDF version and the original retail EPUB as well as conversions into MOBI, AZW3, and LIT formats done in Calibre. The front cover image and generated metadata.opf file are also included. Please seed, and enjoy. Click on the image for my uploads:  Sharing Widget |